Bill,
 
This sounds like jewelry, rather than a compact. My mother had various  
pieces she kept photos in as memories. You know, pilot boyfriends in WW 2, the  
kids, parents, etc. Some of her pieces looked like little books, others like  
hearts. Inside the locket, the photo was kept behind small glass sheets. I never  
gave it a thought until now. Since we are on the topic, she also had these 
small  glass balls that popped open to hold photos and she hung them like 
pendants. One  such ball of glass has the head of my dad wearing his Army billet cap 
from about  1943 (this might have been my grandmother's), but you get the 
idea. 
 
Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.
 
 
In a message dated 5/27/2008 3:52:47 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
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Does  anyone know of any research on women's compacts from the 1920s or 
1930s?   We are especially looking for information on the glass used.  We are  
trying to track down a small piece ca. 6 cm. wide, very thing flat glass that  may 
have come from a compact.  The glass is broken, so we do not know the  
length.  The edges of the glass are beveled, but there is no trace of  silvering on 
the back.

We are open to any other suggestions about what  it could be.  If you want a 
photo, please e-mail me at my home e-mail  address: [log in to unmask] 

Since we are in our summer  intesessional, I am not at the office often.

Thanks in  advance,

Bill





Bill Lockhart
Associate  Professor of Sociology
New Mexico State University
Alamogordo,  NM
(575) 439-3732





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