Collection Highlights
Parade on Broadway for McKinley & Hobart
Date:
1896
Object Number:
PR.008.1
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Spectacles and case
Object Number:
INV.7538ab
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Leather, metal, glass
Dimensions:
Case: 7 x 1 5/8 x 3/4 in. ( 17.8 x 4.1 x 1.9 cm )
Overall (spectacles closed): 1 1/8 x 6 1/4 x 1 in. (2.9 x 15.9 x 2.
Marks:
printed in gold: on front of case: "Watry & Heidkamp / OPTICIANS / 56 W. RANDOLPH ST. CHICAGO."
stampled: on inside of bridge: "TAW & Co."
Description:
Metal wire (possibly brass) rim spectacles with oval colorless glass lenses, angled crank bridge, and thin, slightly curved temples with blunt ends; in black leather case with rounded bottom and open top.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
