Love the vintage Christmas lights, thanks for sharing your finds. I love to collect lights in their original boxes especially with the old 5 and 10 store price tag on them.
I remember my parents had these vintage lights and I used them into the early 90's. Always enjoy your estate sale finds. Thank you for sharing, brings back memories before everything became so technically advanced.
Nice finds! I like those GE C7 block logo bulbs, that are interior coated. Not made for very many years. I like to grab them anytime I see them, since I line the front porch with them. Looks to be a bad run of bulbs with those GE C9 bulbs. I've never seen those peel like that either! I have an old Ortho bottle with the Chevron logo as well. Pretty sure is liquid Diazanon. Chevron sold the Ortho division to Monsanto in 1993, so that pruning seal is toward the end. Also have an Ortho Problem Solver book, from 1984 with those types of product shown. Yes, there is a Southern version of Weed B Gon shown in my book. Was my late grandfather's. Will have to make a video about it. I went to an estate sale a couple weeks ago, but not much I was interested in as far as vintage Christmas lights go. The company running the sale had things way overpriced, so I left empty handed.
Cool stuff! I remember a can of that Ortho pruning sealer among other old garden stuff at my Mother's parent's estate sale. I was a kid then so I wasn't interested in any of it. There was an old metal bug sprayer in the shed too, I think one of my uncles got it.
Those are nice old Christmas lights you picked up at estate sales. The c9 set looks well used but it was so well made it could still be used for years to come as long as the wiring and sockets is still good. That set is made by Paramount. Most likely made in the 1950’s. Paramount made very durable light sets back then. My parents bought a couple of those sets back then and they were used every year and they are still being used. Too bad all the original bulbs burned out. I got two boxes of 150 of the GE and Westinghouse flame shape bulbs on eBay over ten years ago when you could get them cheap unlike now they go for insane prices. Now I have the flame shape c9 bulbs in the two sets and they look beautiful. I run a dimmer switch on each of the sets at about 80% so they last about 10 times longer. The c7 set in the Clemco box is not original. The original set had the wires coming in and out of the bottom of the sockets and soldered connections. It might have had cloth wiring or red and green rubber wiring. If the box said Mazda bulbs on it then definitely cloth wires. The one you have doesn’t. After WW2 they came out with the red and green rubber wires and GE stopped using the Mazda name. Your set even though not original is still a nice display piece.
I have the correct cloth wire C7 sets that box would have originally had. I have tons of old C9 flame type bulbs too.... maybe four or five hundred, with some that even blink with the ceramic coating. I have been told the flame ceramic coated blinkers are super rare... got about thirty of them. The C9 set wiring and sockets are weathered like the set was left up outside for many years. The wires and sockets all appear in good usable shape, so I will not discard the wiring. I have been buying vintage Christmas lights in garage and estate sales for 50+ years now.... I have enough vintage lights to decorate every house in my neighborhood, LOL.
That’s interesting. I never knew that they made c9 flame bulbs that blink. Did they only make the blinkers with the ceramic outside coating? Or did they make them in both styles? That is cool. I wish I could get some of those.
@@MichaelNelson-xs4oq Yes there ceramic coated flame type C9's that blink. I have had collectors tell me they're ultra rare. I have a bunch of old standard type ceramic coated C9's that blink also.... I understand they're kinda rare too.
@@MichaelNelson-xs4oq Most have a small dash stamped into the base, some don't though. I leave the light strands plugged in for a few minutes when checking bulbs. Often the blinkers just start blinking. I put a little mark from a sharpie on the base so I know there blinkers.
Thats what I was thinking also. I have some seven bulb sets with the cloth cord...... Maybe I'll put a set in the box, of course with all GE bulbs, as the box stated the set uses GE bulbs.
Love the vintage Christmas lights, thanks for sharing your finds. I love to collect lights in their original boxes especially with the old 5 and 10 store price tag on them.
I remember my parents had these vintage lights and I used them into the early 90's. Always enjoy your estate sale finds. Thank you for sharing, brings back memories before everything became so technically advanced.
I remember. Kmart. Real. History. Thanks 😂❤❤❤
I love the old lights, always on the lookout for them. Nice video
I've collected a few in the past 25 years and I see they are way harder to find nowadays!! Probably alot of them have been thrown away.
Love the lights as always!!
👍Good stuff
Rafferty rabbit you got some more Christmas lights lol😂😂😂
Hello Howard. Some good finds at the estate sale. The bulbs with the coating coming off look weird.
George B
Yeah, I kinda like the look of them. I'll defiantly use them in the future. I like bulbs that are not perfect. It helps give that vintage light look.
Nice finds! I like those GE C7 block logo bulbs, that are interior coated. Not made for very many years. I like to grab them anytime I see them, since I line the front porch with them.
Looks to be a bad run of bulbs with those GE C9 bulbs. I've never seen those peel like that either!
I have an old Ortho bottle with the Chevron logo as well. Pretty sure is liquid Diazanon. Chevron sold the Ortho division to Monsanto in 1993, so that pruning seal is toward the end.
Also have an Ortho Problem Solver book, from 1984 with those types of product shown. Yes, there is a Southern version of Weed B Gon shown in my book. Was my late grandfather's. Will have to make a video about it.
I went to an estate sale a couple weeks ago, but not much I was interested in as far as vintage Christmas lights go. The company running the sale had things way overpriced, so I left empty handed.
A lot of estate sales are overpriced these days.
Cool stuff! I remember a can of that Ortho pruning sealer among other old garden stuff at my Mother's parent's estate sale. I was a kid then so I wasn't interested in any of it. There was an old metal bug sprayer in the shed too, I think one of my uncles got it.
This sale had a couple metal bug sprayers.....
I have a few sets like those c9s and the ones with tags said Paramount lights.
Good to know, Thank you
I remember Franks Nursery and Crafts. How old do you think the Christmas strings are?
Franks was a great store. I miss them. I suspect the lights are from the late 50's to early 60's.
Those are nice old Christmas lights you picked up at estate sales. The c9 set looks well used but it was so well made it could still be used for years to come as long as the wiring and sockets is still good. That set is made by Paramount. Most likely made in the 1950’s. Paramount made very durable light sets back then. My parents bought a couple of those sets back then and they were used every year and they are still being used. Too bad all the original bulbs burned out. I got two boxes of 150 of the GE and Westinghouse flame shape bulbs on eBay over ten years ago when you could get them cheap unlike now they go for insane prices. Now I have the flame shape c9 bulbs in the two sets and they look beautiful. I run a dimmer switch on each of the sets at about 80% so they last about 10 times longer. The c7 set in the Clemco box is not original. The original set had the wires coming in and out of the bottom of the sockets and soldered connections. It might have had cloth wiring or red and green rubber wiring. If the box said Mazda bulbs on it then definitely cloth wires. The one you have doesn’t. After WW2 they came out with the red and green rubber wires and GE stopped using the Mazda name. Your set even though not original is still a nice display piece.
I have the correct cloth wire C7 sets that box would have originally had. I have tons of old C9 flame type bulbs too.... maybe four or five hundred, with some that even blink with the ceramic coating. I have been told the flame ceramic coated blinkers are super rare... got about thirty of them. The C9 set wiring and sockets are weathered like the set was left up outside for many years. The wires and sockets all appear in good usable shape, so I will not discard the wiring. I have been buying vintage Christmas lights in garage and estate sales for 50+ years now.... I have enough vintage lights to decorate every house in my neighborhood, LOL.
That’s interesting. I never knew that they made c9 flame bulbs that blink. Did they only make the blinkers with the ceramic outside coating? Or did they make them in both styles? That is cool. I wish I could get some of those.
@@MichaelNelson-xs4oq Yes there ceramic coated flame type C9's that blink. I have had collectors tell me they're ultra rare. I have a bunch of old standard type ceramic coated C9's that blink also.... I understand they're kinda rare too.
Hello. Is there a way tell if the c9 flame bulbs are marked to indicate that they are blinkers?
@@MichaelNelson-xs4oq Most have a small dash stamped into the base, some don't though. I leave the light strands plugged in for a few minutes when checking bulbs. Often the blinkers just start blinking. I put a little mark from a sharpie on the base so I know there blinkers.
No more lights!😅
Since this video, I have purchased more lights, though I really don't need any more......
@@OldCarAlley Hey, you like them, what the heck. I remember we had them growing up too. 😃
The c7 light set is not original to that box; the c9 light set is a Paramount product.
The original string for the Clemco box would have been the cloth covered. Still a nice set but not original.
Thats what I was thinking also. I have some seven bulb sets with the cloth cord...... Maybe I'll put a set in the box, of course with all GE bulbs, as the box stated the set uses GE bulbs.
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