Smooth winds Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 While visiting my parents over the Christmas holidays I found a few kites the community might enjoy. 29 cents for a kite and one was dated 1923 Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makatakam Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 I believe those are from the 50's and 60's. I would buy those as a kid for about that price. Many hours of priceless fun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooth winds Posted January 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 Thanks makakam I couldn't date the red white and blue one Was big boy still available in the 50'sSent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makatakam Posted January 2, 2017 Report Share Posted January 2, 2017 Oh yeah! Sure was. I owned and flew both of those and a few others from the same company. The date on the kite is when the design or utility patent(s) were granted, and the company kept making them and multiple other designs for quite a long time. I'm not sure, but they still may be making them. I saw some in a store just a couple of years ago. Old stock? Maybe. Running off to Google them now. Update: It appears the company was sold to Damon Corporation in the late seventies. I should have jumped on the ones I saw a couple of years ago. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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