Contact Lenses
Contact Lenses
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- Description
- Contact lenses worn by the mother of the donor. A paper label in the case reads in part “A. H. PARSONS LABORATORIES / 442 POST STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.”
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- contact lenses, set
- place made
- United States: California, San Francisco
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/4 in x 3 3/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 1.905 cm x 8.5725 cm x 4.1275 cm
- ID Number
- 1987.0676.01
- accession number
- 1987.0676
- catalog number
- 1987.0676.01
- Credit Line
- Kathleen Costello
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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