# Apollo 15 Slide Collection (25) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 27, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-15-slide-collection-25/916442 "2020-07-27T03:25:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SarahBlonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@SarahBlonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SarahBlonde)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-15-slide-collection-25/916442/1 "2020-07-27T03:25:26Z")
I found a set of 25 slides of the Apollo 15 mission while going through some of my Grandmothers old things. I checked around online, but can’t seem to find anything to indicate these were a popular novelty item. Does anyone know anything about whether these can be found all over the place, or is this set of slides something that could be rare? Thanks for any help or ideas! ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-15-slide-collection-25/916442/2 "2020-07-27T06:22:36Z")
My grandfather worked for a NASA contractor (Rockwell) in the Sixties and Seventies and received photo and press packages from every Apollo mission. I wish I knew what became of them after he died. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-15-slide-collection-25/916442/3 "2020-07-27T06:37:14Z")
Packaged slide sets were a reasonably common thing sold in tourist shops. You’d go to the Eiffel Tower / Forbidden City / Statue of Liberty, buy a set and interleave them with your own far less classy efforts when you returned to torture your relatives with a slide night of your overseas travels. I bought them from museums into perhaps the early 2000s. Assuming these are a commercial set then they’d probably have been sold at NASA visitor centres or aerospace museums. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-15-slide-collection-25/916442/4 "2020-07-27T14:19:37Z")
You have to go to the modern value guide - eBay. There are many sets in the $10-30 range, and some people who think their shit really smells like unicorn farts asking in the thousands of dollars. But there is always one of them in every crowd. Now I think I’d like a set. If only I had a projector! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-15-slide-collection-25/916442/5 "2020-07-27T14:47:04Z")
> [@Banksiaman](#): > > Packaged slide sets were a reasonably common thing sold in tourist shops. You’d go to the Eiffel Tower / Forbidden City / Statue of Liberty, buy a set and interleave them with your own far less classy efforts when you returned to torture your relatives with a slide night of your overseas travels. I bought them from museums into perhaps the early 2000s. I agree. I had sets of slides I bought at the NASA Johnson Space Center gift shop. They were useful for projecting through something I was building for them. ---
**Author:** ![SarahBlonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@SarahBlonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SarahBlonde)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-15-slide-collection-25/916442/6 "2020-07-27T15:03:25Z")
Haha! Thank you so much! ---
**Author:** ![SarahBlonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@SarahBlonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SarahBlonde)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-15-slide-collection-25/916442/7 "2020-07-27T15:15:11Z")
Thank you so much for this information. My grandmother lived on Long Island and visited our family in Northern Virginia often during my childhood. We routinely visited the Air & Space museum (and other museums in Washington, DC) during her visits so I’m assuming this is where she picked up his novelty item. Thank you so much for your input. It was incredibly helpful. ---
**Author:** ![SarahBlonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@SarahBlonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SarahBlonde)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-15-slide-collection-25/916442/8 "2020-07-27T15:16:07Z")
Thank you so much for the info. Much appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-15-slide-collection-25/916442/9 "2020-07-27T18:33:09Z")
> [@SarahBlonde](#): > > My grandmother lived on Long Island The Grumman factory where the lunar modules were built was on Long Island. Employees there likely received the same NASA swag my grandfather got at Rockwell in California. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-15-slide-collection-25/916442/10 "2020-07-27T18:56:40Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > You have to go to the modern value guide - eBay. > > There are many sets in the $10-30 range, and some people who think their shit really smells like unicorn farts asking in the thousands of dollars. But there is always one of them in every crowd. > > Now I think I’d like a set. If only I had a projector! i have a unicorn fart projector you can lease for a reasonable amount. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-15-slide-collection-25/916442/11 "2020-07-27T21:58:13Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > i have a unicorn fart projector you can lease for a reasonable amount. I was thinking, I could buy a set and scan them, and put them on the big TV. Maybe… ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-15-slide-collection-25/916442/12 "2020-07-28T13:32:36Z")
And in case it isn’t blindingly obvious, every one of those images, and millions more from every single NASA mission ever, is available for free, and in higher quality, at NASA’s Web site.