Posted 13 years ago
electobacco
(171 items)
Here is a recent find of mine that it seems some of you may enjoy as well as the story behind it. An old store had closed down and the contents on the shelves lay there untouched for over 20 years. The owners of the property then decided to remove and get rid of the stuff they had. The price is shown on them being 15 cents each.
About a dozen of the kites have never been used. The shape they are in is nearly perfect. They all have a bunch of different designs and colors on them. A roll of Hi-Flier kite string is also part of the bunch.
These kites seem so thin and breakable I am not sure how they even handled one gust of wind let alone a big one. Apparently they did okay because many of these were sold as well as being very popular for a while.
Thanks for looking as always my friends and please have a blessed day! : )
Thanks for showing some love for these kites kerry and BELLIN. Great idea and post as well BELLIN. Sounds like a great idea...I appreciate it.... : )
Great seeing you around AR8Jason. Thank you for passing by, the comment, and showin some love for the post. Have an awesome night my friend and upcoming weekend.... : )
Awesome! Look forward to seeing the watch AR8. It seems that with you being in some new territory your best finds are closer then you think.... : )
I appreciate you stopping by and showing some love packrat! Please make sure to have an awesome day and upcoming weekend..... : )
Very cool electo !!
I agree with Bellin, these would be great framed. Love that expression "Playmates of the Clouds".
I appreciate the outpour of love for this Hedge and Amber as well as the comments. Thank you so much!! : ) We will see when I get to fixing them up for display and how they end up looking. No doubt it will look cool... : )
The "High Flier" graphics are so cool, I'd totally have that framed on my wall!
Thank you stonie and lisa for passing by and showing some love! : )
Yeah I agree Dr. It is awesome that you like them and thanks for pointing this out to me. Have a great evening my friend....
Thank you for liking this item cocacolakid.....
I flew these kites when I was a kid. They were very durable.They could be patched. The most popular ones were the Hi Flyer Man in theMoon kites usually 3 stick type /5 sides. Many times when we did not have 10 cents for a kite we made our own using newspaper. In the spring March april and may were the months when everyone would be flying kites. You would see them everywhere. Kids had so much fun with nothing but, marbles, tops ,yoyo's,jacks,kites balsa gliders and paper folded airplanes.