Loupe
name: label: maker
content: American Optical Company
notes: label: Description
content: This loupe belonged to Kevin M. Touhy (1919-1968), a California optician who, in 1948, filed a patent for the first corneal contact lens made entirely of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Southbridge
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Anita Tuohy Wolver
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0336.01
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0336.01
label: accession number
content: 1988.0336
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Loupe
label: Object Name
content: loupe
label: Object Name
content: spectacles
label: Other Terms
content: Loupe; Vision Aids
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: extended: 5 cm x 17.3 cm x 19 cm; 1 15/16 in x 6 13/16 in x 7 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 4 7/8 in x 4 in; 5.715 cm x 12.3825 cm x 10.16 cm