Optometer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1952
name: label: maker
content: C.G. Optical Co.
notes: label: Description
content: An optometer is used for determining the refractive index of eyes. This example was apparently designed for buying glasses without the help of an optician or ophthalmologist. An inscription reads “SELF-TEST OPTOMETER / C. G. OPTICAL CO.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Food and Drug Administration
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.274347.125
label: accession number
content: 274347
label: catalog number
content: 274347.125
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Optometer, Self Test
label: Object Name
content: optometer, self test
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 33.5 cm x 21 cm x 15.1 cm; 13 3/16 in x 8 9/32 in x 5 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, cardboard spectacles: 14 in x 2 5/8 in; 35.56 cm x 6.6675 cm
label: Measurements
content: as stored, optometer: 7/8 in x 15 1/4 in x 6 in; 2.2225 cm x 38.735 cm x 15.24 cm