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Sample Eyeglass Frame
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| Accession #: | 3150.37B |
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| Title: | Sample Eyeglass Frame |
| Object Type: | Eyeglasses |
| Participants: |
Sapp, Oscar T. (user)
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| Physical Description: | Black plastic sample frame with no lenses. The frames have rhinestones inset across the top and metal inlaid on the corners. |
| Description: | Spokane optometrist Oscar T. Sapp (1886-1985) practiced in several downtown locations from about 1917 until retirement around 1975. He worked as a lens and prism grinder, managed Spokane Optical Co., and later ran a private practice in the Peyton Building. After his death, his daughter donated the contents of his office, including a hanging Visual Acuity Chart of coated linen and a rolling cabinet of 1950s eyeglass frames. |
| Category: | History |
| Subjects/Topics/Concepts: |
Optical (Industry->Medicine), Medicine (Industry)
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| Dimensions: |
Object H x W 1 3/4 x 4 7/8"
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| Materials/Techniques: |
metal (Material)
plastic (organic material) (Material)
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| Marks/Inscription: |
#1988 Black France 44/20 (label on proper left arm)
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| Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. Lucille V. Anderson, 1986. |
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