Geneva Improved Ophthalmoscope and Retinoscope
name: label: maker
content: S. A. Rhodes Manufacturing Co.
label: maker
content: Geneva Optical Company
notes: label: Description
content: An ophthalmoscope is used to examine the interior of an eye. The inscription on this example reads “SERIES G. No. 3544 / PATENTED / GENEVA IMPROVED / OPHTHALMOSCOPE & / RETINOSCOPE / MFGD. BY GENEVA OPTICAL CO. / CHICAGO, U.S.A.” The form was devised by Seth Alonzo Rhodes (1858-1943), an inventor and Mason who lived in the Chicago area.
label: Description
content: Ref: Seth A. Rhodes, “Retinoscope,” U.S. Patent 637,032 (Nov. 14, 1899), assigned to the Geneva Optical Co. of Chicago.
label: Description
content: Seth A. Rhodes, “Optical Instrument,” U.S. Patent 709,359 (Sept. 16, 1902).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: associated subject
content: Ophthalmology
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. J. Staiman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-07026
label: catalog number
content: M-07026
label: accession number
content: 216897
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Retinoscope, Ophthalmic
label: Object Name
content: retinoscope, ophthalmic
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 38 cm x 24.5 cm x 60.8 cm; 14 15/16 in x 9 5/8 in x 23 15/16 in