Spectacles and Case
notes: label: Description
content: Mary LaFollette (1901-1988), the donor of these spectacles, was born in Madison, Wisc., and lived for many years in Washington, D.C. She was a daughter of “Fighting Bob” LaFollette, and sister of Senator Robert M. LaFollette. She worked as an editor with the Aeronautical Standards Group of the Air Force Department (later U.S. Air Force), and also as an artist.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Ophthalmology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mary LaFollette
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.311680.05
label: accession number
content: 311680
label: catalog number
content: 311680.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Spectacles
label: Object Name
content: Case
label: Object Name
content: spectacles, set
label: Other Terms
content: Case; Spectacles; Vision Aids
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper mache (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: extended: 3 cm x 11.5 cm x 13.5 cm; 1 3/16 in x 4 17/32 in x 5 5/16 in