Category: Eyewear Artifacts

Red and Green Striped Cat Eye Frame “V” marking, size 4, unknown place of origin, ca. 1950s-60s. Cellulose nitrate or plastic upper frame and nose pads, gold-coloured metal lower frame. On loan courtesy of Jane Patterson.

Blue D-Framed Sunglasses with K-Shaped nosepiece, Double Lenses and Turnpin Sidebars Unknown creator and place of origin, ca. 1820s-1875. Metal frame and black lenses. Human Ecology’s Clothing and Textiles Collection. Donated by Bill Carmichael (2013.6.1). Also known as “railway spectacles” these types … Read More …

Tortoiseshell Folding Lorgnette Unknown creator and place of origin, ca. 1835-1900. Tortoiseshell frame and handle, metal rivet. On loan courtesy of The Observatory Opticians and Jeri Ann Willis. Photograph by Anne Bissonnette© Cite this page (bibliography): Bissonnette, Anne, Cybil Cameron, Katelin Karbonik, … Read More …

Yellow Rimmed Pince-Nez Unknown creator and place of origin, ca. 1800-1920s. Cellulose nitrate or plastic, and brass. Human Ecology’s Clothing and Textiles Collection. Donated by Bill Carmichael (2013.6.8). Photograph by Anne Bissonnette© Cite this page (bibliography): Bissonnette, Anne, Cybil Cameron, … Read More …

Green Cat Eye Bifocals American Optical, size “5-1/2,” place of origin unknown, ca. 1950s-60s. Plastic hood and nosepieces, silver metal lower frame & nose bridge. Human Ecology’s Clothing and Textiles Collection. Donated by Mrs. Johanna Lawrence (1988.65.54b). Photograph by Anne … Read More …

Black Cat Eye Sunglasses with Silver-Coloured Filigree and Rhinestones Unknown creator and place of origin, worn in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, ca. 1950s-60s. Plastic, metal, and rhinestones. On loan courtesy of The Observatory Opticians and Jeri Ann Willis. Photograph by Anne Bissonnette© Cite … Read More …

Automobile Driving Goggles Unknown creator and place of origin, ca. 1895-1920s. Mica lens, metal and felted frame, and cotton string. Human Ecology’s Clothing and Textiles Collection. Donated by Mary E. Herbert (1990.37.16.a). Photographs by Anne Bissonnette© Cite this page (bibliography): … Read More …

Yellow Molted Sunglasses Cool-Ray® Polaroid® 220, late 1960s-1970s. Human Ecology’s Clothing and Textiles Collection. Donated by Elizabeth Richards (2008.22.15). Photograph by Anne Bissonnette© Cite this page (bibliography): Bissonnette, Anne, Cybil Cameron, Katelin Karbonik, Naomi Milne, Danielle Peel, and Donnalee Riley. “2008.22.15,” … Read More …

Silver Oval Reading Spectacles Theodore Hamblin Ltd., London, Wisconsin, United States of America, ca. 1880s-1900. Metal frame, glass lenses, and leather case. Human Ecology’s Clothing and Textiles Collection. Donated by Bill Carmichael (2013.6.16a). Photograph by Anne Bissonnette© Cite this page … Read More …

Clear Safety Goggles Uvex™, assembled in Mexico of US components, ca. 2010s. Plastic. On loan from the Human Ecology Department’s Protective Clothing and Equipment Research Facility. Worn with: Black Respirator Mask NorthⓇ by Honeywell, United States of America, Rhode Island, ca. … Read More …