Spectacles and Case
name: label: distributor
content: American Optical Company
notes: label: Description
content: Rimless half-moon spectacles with silverish metal frames and W-bridge with yellow plastic overlay. The cable temples are riveted to the lenses. The “PAT. FEB. 9. 09” inscription on the case may refer to George H. Day, "Spring Hinge,” U.S. Patent 911,949 (Feb. 9, 1909), assigned to American Optical Co.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Massachusetts, Southbridge
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.311680.02
label: accession number
content: 311680
label: catalog number
content: 311680.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Spectacles
label: Object Name
content: spectacles, set
label: Other Terms
content: Spectacles; Vision Aids
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, aluminum (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, velvet (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (case case)
label: Measurements
content: extended: 4.5 cm x 16.8 cm x 11 cm; 1 3/4 in x 6 5/8 in x 4 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: case: 5/8 in x 5 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 13.6525 cm x 6.0325 cm
label: Measurements
content: spectacles, folded: 1/2 in x 4 7/8 in x 2 in; 1.27 cm x 12.3825 cm x 5.08 cm