The People Who Make Kaleidoscopes

The American Kaleidoscope Renaissance...
is a fairly recent phenomenon.
It stands to reason that some of the leading scope makers must have had other occupations before they turned to making kaleidoscopes.

 

Before making kaleidoscopes ...

BEN ANSLEY was an Oil Wildcatter
CAROLYN BENNETT was a High School art teacher
HENRY BERGESON was a Mechanical Engineer
DEBBIE BRODEL was a Retail Display Designer
PEGGY BURNSIDE was a Deputy County Recorder
DAVID COLLIER was an Industrial Packaging Engineer
MICHAEL COLLIER was an International Trader
DOTTIE JOHNSON was a Social Worker
DAVID SUGICH was an Installer of Solar Heating Equipment
DAVID KALISH was an Actor
STEVE KITTLESON was a Geologist
SHELLEY KNAPP was the Assistant Office Manager at cold storage facility
SHERRY MOSER was a Pediatric Nurse
DAVID ROSENFELDT was a General Contractor
WILL SMITH was a Plastics Inventor
GLENN STRAUB was a Tool Die Maker
TOM THRESHER was an Associate Professor of Economics
BOB McWILLIAM was a U.S. Army Helicopter Pilot