Spectacles
date: label: date made
content: ca 1860
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: These black wire mesh goggles with oval aqua-colored lenses were designed to protect the eyes from the wind and dust. A cotton cord wraps around the head to keep the goggles secure. Advertisements suggested the goggles would be particularly useful keeping cinders from the eyes while traveling in a railroad car.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Artifact Walls exhibit
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Robert S. Moody
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.317912.088
label: accession number
content: 317912
label: catalog number
content: 317912.088
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Goggles
label: Other Terms
content: Goggles; Eye Protective Device; Vision Aids; Railroad
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cord (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: aqua (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.1 cm x 13.3 cm x 2 cm; 1 1/4 in x 5 1/4 in x 13/16 in