Field Glasses
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900-1925
name: label: maker
content: Marchand
notes: label: Description
content: Brass field glasses with dark leather on the two barrels. The objective lenses are 5 cm diameter. Both eye cups are marked “MARCHAND * PARIS.” The left eye tube is marked “DAY & NIGHT” and the right one is marked “U.S. SIGNAL / SERVICE.” The words "MADE IN FRANCE" are stamped on the back side of the cross piece at the eye end. The carrying case is hard leather.
label: Description
content: Marchand field glasses were sold by several American firms during the first quarter of the 20th century. This example may have been used by U.S. forces in Europe in World War I.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
topic: label: Subject
content: World War I
label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Optics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: J. Gordon Smith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1998.0238.01
label: catalog number
content: 1998.0238.01
label: accession number
content: 1998.0238
objectType: label: Object Name
content: binoculars
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: closed: 6 cm x 13 cm x 15 cm; 2 3/8 in x 5 1/8 in x 5 29/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 6 1/4 in x 6 3/8 in x 2 13/16 in; 15.875 cm x 16.1925 cm x 7.14375 cm