Pre-Photon Keychain Flashlight

Kirk

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Back in the late '60s or early '70s I bought a "Photon"-size keychain flashlight that used a threaded-based "grain of wheat" bulb (think very tiny version of the #222 penlight bulb) and (I think) 1 mercury "hearing aid" battery. It was made of 2 red plastic halves that snapped together. To turn it on, you pushed on the battery itself which had a plastic cover. It wasn't very bright, but it was a flashlight! And it was so small! Does anybody else remember these and have you seen any lately? Mine was a Disneyland Monorail souvenir I picked up at the Disneyland Hotel.
Kirk
 
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