When I was a little girl, we had this same kind of flashlight. I loved it because it had "gadgets." It has a belt clip and a loop on the end of the flashlight so that it can hang from a hook. It has a little compartment with colored disks that can be inserted in front of the bulb to change the color of the light. The switch can be switched on, but the light will only turn on if one depresses the button on the switch.
My Daddy taught me Morse code using that button. The flashlight was always fully relegated to Daddy territory. It lived in his toolbox, and all of us knew that we didn't play with it. No reading books under the covers with Daddy's flashlight! :) We always had it when we went on our camping trips. When Daddy was working on plumbing under the sink or working on the car, I was the designated flashlight holder...until he got a drop light for Christmas...then the flashlight got demoted back to camping only.
When I saw this flashlight at the market a few weeks ago, I had to buy it. I didn't need another flashlight, but it instantly brought back so many wonderful childhood memories, that I did anyway. I took the photo so I could show my Daddy that someone is still making them.
Just love all the memories you've shared here. Your narrative brought back some of my own memories of camping trips. Nice shot and wonderful reason behind it. :-)
@sarasotab Thank you! I believe you are correct. Daddy was in the Army. He came home from Vietnam in '64. He said these were first used there. He sent me a photo of his. It's kind of banged up, but he said it still works just fine.
@gaylewood Thank you so much! That is one of the things I love about photography...its ability to link the present to the past in such unexpected ways.
@365projectorgjenfurj Thank you so much! It looked like a submarine periscope to me also! It is a strange photo, and if I had given it a speck of thought I could have come up with a much more appropriate setting than the garden!
@sarasotab Daddy's has this MX-991/U model number on it. If you google it, there is a lot of info on it. There was an earlier version, which must be what your Dad had. Daddy was in typical engineer mode...he had to send me the link and the bulb specs and everything. Lol
@30pics4jackiesdiamond Thank you! Daddy says he still has his; It is an OLD flashlight!
@sarasotab Thank you! I believe you are correct. Daddy was in the Army. He came home from Vietnam in '64. He said these were first used there. He sent me a photo of his. It's kind of banged up, but he said it still works just fine.
@gaylewood Thank you so much! That is one of the things I love about photography...its ability to link the present to the past in such unexpected ways.
@mlwerkheiser Thank you very much!
@365projectorgjenfurj Thank you so much! It looked like a submarine periscope to me also! It is a strange photo, and if I had given it a speck of thought I could have come up with a much more appropriate setting than the garden!