Goggles
name: label: user
content: United States Navy
label: maker
content: Beck-Lee Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: Beck-Lee, a medical supply company, made various items for military use during World War II. One such were variable-density goggles. The inscription on this set reads “BU. SHIPS. USN / BECK-LEE CORP. / CHICAGO, U.S.A. / PATS. PEND.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
label: associated place
content: United States
topic: label: related event
content: World War II
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: J. William Rosenthal, M.D.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0929.05
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0929.05
label: accession number
content: 1986.0929
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Variable Density Goggles
label: Object Name
content: variable density goggles
label: Object Name
content: spectacles
label: Other Terms
content: Variable Density Goggles; Eye Protective Device; Vision Aids
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: extended: 5.5 cm x 13.6 cm x 13.3 cm; 2 3/16 in x 5 3/8 in x 5 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 5 3/8 in x 3 in; 3.81 cm x 13.6525 cm x 7.62 cm