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Type of Object

Eyeglasses

Place of Manufacture

Richmond (Va.)

Date of Manufacture

1920-1950

Physical Details

Pair of tortoiseshell eyeglasses in a snap closure leather case. Two round, concave lenses, made of glass and intended for magnification fit into a yellow and brown tortoiseshell frame. Frame is heavily degraded, left lens is loose and frame is crumbling. Outside of leather case is stamped: "Hall Optical Co., Inc. Norfolk VA Richmond"

Dimensions

6 cm. x 15 cm. x 1.5 cm.

Medical Subject

Eyeglasses

Accession Number

1982.101e

Genre

medical equipment

Local Genre

medical artifact

Type

Still Image

Digital Format

image/jpg

Language

eng

Rights

This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.

Collection

Medical Artifacts Collection

Source

Original object: Eyeglasses and Case, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.

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mar00087.jpg

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