Pince-Nez
notes: label: Description
content: An inscription on the case reads "THE SHAH OPTICAL CO./ Optometrists & Opticians/ 525 7th St. N.W./ WASHINGTON, D.C." A. Samuel Shah (1888-1950) was an immigrant from Poland.
label: Description
content: Ref: “A. H. Shah, Optomotrist, Dies at 62,” Washington Post (Nov. 17, 1950), p. B2.
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: J. William. Rosenthal, M.D.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0196.05
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0196.05
label: accession number
content: 1990.0196
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0196.05.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pince-Nez
label: Object Name
content: Case
label: Object Name
content: pince-nez, set
label: Other Terms
content: Pince-Nez; Case; Eyeglasses
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic, celluloid (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brown, reddish (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: extended: 4.2 cm x 10.5 cm x 1 cm; 1 21/32 in x 4 1/8 in x 13/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.3 cm x 11.5 cm x 5.6 cm; 1/2 in x 4 17/32 in x 2 7/32 in