Artificial Eyes
name: label: maker
content: A. S. Aloe and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Box of 50 glass eyes, with an “A. S. ALOE COMPANY / ST. LOUIS, MO.” inscription on the lid. By the 1890s, some Aloe advertisements were boasting “the Largest Assortment of ARTIFICIAL EYES in America.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Missouri, Saint Louis
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Hyman J. Gardsbane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0133.01
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0133.01
label: accession number
content: 1994.0133
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Artificial Eyes
label: Object Name
content: eyes, artificial, set
label: Object Name
content: prosthesis
label: Other Terms
content: Artificial Eyes; Prostheses
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: textile, velvet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 3.5 cm x 33.5 cm x 18.5 cm; 1 3/8 in x 13 3/16 in x 7 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/8 in x 13 1/4 in x 6 7/8 in; 3.4925 cm x 33.655 cm x 17.4625 cm