Collection Highlights
Contraband Camp -- Harper's Ferry, VA
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.065.815.7
Medium:
Stereograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Spectacles and case
Object Number:
INV.7513ab
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Gold, glass, leather, velvet
Dimensions:
Case: 1 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 5/8 in. ( 4.4 x 12.1 x 1.6 cm )
Overall (spectacles closed): 2 1/4 x 4 3/8 x 1 in. (5.7 x 11.1
Marks:
printed in gold: on back of case: "1407 F ST. / Roe Fulkerson / WASH. D.C."
stamped: on inside of bridge, at left: "S.Q."
stamped: on each temple: "S.O" (possibly S.Q.)
stamped: on inside of bridge, at center: "R" within diamond frame
Description:
Spectacles with gold wire frame, wide oval colorless glass lenses, angled crank bridge, and thin wire temples with curved ends; in brown leather covered case with rounded ends, spring-hinged lid, and black velvet lining.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
