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Doggie, South Pacific, during or after WW2, scanned from 127 film.

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Can ya dig it?

We can dig it.

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Splatz The Clown, 1987

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My mother's cousin Paul farting in the direction of my baby brother, Christmas Eve 1983.

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[Van Halen plays] nuh nuh nuh nuh, nuh nee nah nah KITTY AND THE DEVIL!!

1979, with Halloween costumes by Ben Cooper.

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School birthday party, 1974.

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"Now make them kiss!"

Janet and Jack with lizards, 1987.

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All I want for Christmas is you You’re the gift that makes my dreams all come true All I need for Christmas is here Finding every sweet surprise wrapped in your eyes Waiting there for me underneath the tree…  1955

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Not all Christmas photos are that memorable.

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Store fire, 1970. (Part of a set of seven.)

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"I want to go to Elf Practice, too!"

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So ferry off to Hong Kong Cuz this land's the one I love And here I'll stay...

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Made it this far... 1967

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Jenny was an upright citizen.

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...we've gotta go to Hawai'i, again??

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Harry and his polycule. 1963, Palm Springs.

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Today's slide viewer find (someone please stop me!!) is an AGFA 'Agfascop 20' from the 1970s, which has a 15 watt bulb inside powered by a wall plug, and has a ground glass lens that provides 4x magification, a step above the 2x of the best handheld battery models. In construction and use it's very similar to the Sawyer/GAF 'Panavue Automatic' in that you manually force a slide in the view chamber with a tang on the right, and the viewed slide pops out into a tray on the left when the next slide is shoved in; difference being that the Panavue turns off the light while the tang is inserted where the Agfascop just leaves the light on at all times.

There was a less colorful 1980s model also, with the improvement of adding an inline switch on the cord so you don't have to unplug it to turn the light off. (Photo from an eBay listing.)

For some reason the folks online who have the manual are selling the PDF, rather than uploading it to the manual sites. The way around that is watching the folks on YouTube who demonstrate the unit. :)

Below is an advertisement from the 1970s that also speaks of a hotshoe flash unit for AGFA cameras.