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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 88423, member: 360"]I have no idea. I doubt kids liked opera anymore 100 years ago, than they do today. But that said, I could imagine parents taking their kids out to see a nice musical comedy or a good plot-driven play 100 years ago, much like how parents take their kids to the cinema today. </p><p><br /></p><p>Instead of 'Pirates of the Caribbean', it would've been 'The Pirates of Penzance'! </p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a few shots, showing just how amazingly small these things are: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/t31.0-8/12052603_1659479560977190_8241017284062141970_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>The binoculars on the extreme left are what I'd term binoculars rather than opera glasses. Conventionally-sized opera glasses are what I'd call the next three along. The next two are probably sized for women or something. But as you can see, the last pair, my tiny teeny ones on the end, are minuscule, even when compared to the set standing next to them. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xat1/t31.0-8/12052570_1659479574310522_4465037995949488706_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/11226070_1659479567643856_7368015641750936601_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 88423, member: 360"]I have no idea. I doubt kids liked opera anymore 100 years ago, than they do today. But that said, I could imagine parents taking their kids out to see a nice musical comedy or a good plot-driven play 100 years ago, much like how parents take their kids to the cinema today. Instead of 'Pirates of the Caribbean', it would've been 'The Pirates of Penzance'! Here's a few shots, showing just how amazingly small these things are: [IMG]https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/t31.0-8/12052603_1659479560977190_8241017284062141970_o.jpg[/IMG] The binoculars on the extreme left are what I'd term binoculars rather than opera glasses. Conventionally-sized opera glasses are what I'd call the next three along. The next two are probably sized for women or something. But as you can see, the last pair, my tiny teeny ones on the end, are minuscule, even when compared to the set standing next to them. [IMG]https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xat1/t31.0-8/12052570_1659479574310522_4465037995949488706_o.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/11226070_1659479567643856_7368015641750936601_o.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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