Master boxes were used as giveaways for political campaigns on different levels (including for club leadership). Don posted some pix. Not sure if I saved any.
I wanna take a clearie photo ..... in the meantime .... here are these ... which may or may not be marbles....
Water Marbles <-- that's the source, but I can't tell if it's possible to make colored "water marbles" or not ....
I guess I shouldn't feel too bad about our 70's.
And I don't, not for me.
But we have a sick kitty and no air conditioning. So I hope it doesn't get much higher than that any time soon.
Vacor. Made in Mexico. Probably after 2000.
Might be the style known as Dragon, though that doesn't sound like what I would have called it in the past so maybe someone else will have a different name for it.
Not sure why you're thinking of D.C. ... unless you're thinking of the Scout Jamboree box.
I found this reference to a G.A.R. convention in Clarksburg.