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<p>[QUOTE="Aquitaine, post: 4495596, member: 602"]Needle case.....never were any needles in it when Mom acquired it, probably because the cover that screws on the bottom end was not there! HOWEVER, what IS most cool about it, is that on the top end, and I've seen such before, is a tiny viewing hole with a magnifying glass in it.....on one side is somehow pasted on.... an even tinier side by side image of "Mr. President Cleveland and Mrs. President Cleveland".....(that's what it says) how they manage to do this, I have no idea.....but my MAIN QUESTION is, HOW do I preserve it.....I had a different one and one day the 'picture' had just plain disappeared....maybe gotten wet or something, but I don't want to lose this one even though the case is incomplete.....I've been keeping it wrapped in acid-free tissue paper.....is there anything else I can do, or is it just going to be "lost to the ages", as well someday, through no-one's fault???? Thanks for any suggestions or help!! (you can just see the little dot of the image on the glass! Approximate height of the needle case is 4")</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]392602[/ATTACH] </p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Aquitaine, post: 4495596, member: 602"]Needle case.....never were any needles in it when Mom acquired it, probably because the cover that screws on the bottom end was not there! HOWEVER, what IS most cool about it, is that on the top end, and I've seen such before, is a tiny viewing hole with a magnifying glass in it.....on one side is somehow pasted on.... an even tinier side by side image of "Mr. President Cleveland and Mrs. President Cleveland".....(that's what it says) how they manage to do this, I have no idea.....but my MAIN QUESTION is, HOW do I preserve it.....I had a different one and one day the 'picture' had just plain disappeared....maybe gotten wet or something, but I don't want to lose this one even though the case is incomplete.....I've been keeping it wrapped in acid-free tissue paper.....is there anything else I can do, or is it just going to be "lost to the ages", as well someday, through no-one's fault???? Thanks for any suggestions or help!! (you can just see the little dot of the image on the glass! Approximate height of the needle case is 4") [CENTER][ATTACH=full]392602[/ATTACH] [/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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