THE SHADOW “Carey Salt Magic Shadow Ring” (1945/47)

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Latest addition to my sub-collection of THE SHADOW radio show premia: the extremely rare 1945 (or 1947) Carey Salt ring (right), joining the far-less so 1941 Blue Coal ring (left).

the shadow: blue coal ring (left); carey salt (right)

According to the excellent Secret Squadron site:

Carey Salt, sponsors of The Shadow radio program, offered the "Magic Shadow Ring" for only 5c and proof of purchase of any Carey product. It was released in 1945 and again in 1947. The ring was promoted by Carey Salt in commercial breaks and during the Shadow radio show through both the 1945-46, and again in the 1946-47 seasons... "You will find only 1 of these rings for every 20 Blue Coal Rings."
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Felt it in K-12, in music (school and otherwise), in film, feel it in writing, feel it in the now: that there's a fundamental piece of something missing in my mental makeup which I've somehow managed to convince myself over these last three decades that, should I be able to figure it out, I'd be set (though I know this is probably bullshit). Maybe it's a faith in myself, a faith that I don't even have but know I haven't lived up to: these years, decades now, of spinning wheels tend to erode that faith – and make one even more stuck than before.