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Post by corsair5517 on Oct 31, 2023 20:55:09 GMT 12
Dad made a note here about buying some Tone Ray snow glasses; quite a sensible purchase, given the Canadian winter, but I’ve never heard of them… …. anyone got something?!?  IMG_1310 by John Stokes, on Flickr |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 1, 2023 8:29:47 GMT 12
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Post by steveh on Nov 1, 2023 11:27:47 GMT 12
Those are Ray Bans Dave, but it's possible that the writer of the letter had got the brand & model mixed up. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 1, 2023 19:17:39 GMT 12
Ah yes. My error there, but of you Google "tone ray" you will see listings that are still selling Tone Ray sunglasses.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 1, 2023 19:18:26 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 1, 2023 19:19:29 GMT 12
They are probably all under the same umbrella company, as most glasses and sunglasses manufacturers in the world are all own by one guy.
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Post by oj on Nov 1, 2023 20:06:20 GMT 12
I've still got my 1963 Ray Bans somewhere in the garage archives, but they were too scratched by beach escapades for continued use except as beer goggles (the girls looked more beautiful through a haze, as you may know).
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Post by corsair5517 on Nov 3, 2023 23:49:15 GMT 12
Thanks, everyone! From the meagre resources I could find, it would appear that Tone Ray were French, at least in 1944 they were, and snow glasses were apparently different to sunglasses; Dad also had a set of Ray Bans which my sister now has.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 4, 2023 7:14:48 GMT 12
French? They must have been old stock? France would most likely not have been exporting glasses to the Pacific in 1944. Unless this was post liberation and very late in the year?
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Post by corsair5517 on Nov 5, 2023 0:07:00 GMT 12
French? They must have been old stock? France would most likely not have been exporting glasses to the Pacific in 1944. Unless this was post liberation and very late in the year? He bought them in Canada, Dave… where there’s lotsa snow in winter… when he was there… 😁😎 |
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