Spectacles
notes: label: Description
content: Spectacles with silver colored metal frames, clear oval primary lenses, turquoise oval side hinged protective lenses, wide hoop bridge, large triple screw hinges, and sliding temples with open loop tips. The “M'ALLISTER / PHILAD.” inscription refers to a firm begun by John McAllister, a Scotsman who moved to Philadelphia in 1775 and earned his living making and selling whips and canes. He began selling spectacles in 1796.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Ophthalmology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: J. R. Friedberg
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09432
label: accession number
content: 110330
label: catalog number
content: M-09432
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Spectacles
label: Other Terms
content: Spectacles; Eye Protective Device; Vision Aids
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: turquoise (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: extended: 2.7 cm x 11.8 cm x 15.5 cm; 1 1/16 in x 4 21/32 in x 6 3/32 in