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Date
1950 – 1960
Material
fibre; metal; glass; elastic
Catalogue Number
103.08.1074 a,b
Description
(a) One pair of ski goggles with an adjustable elastic head strap. The lenses are flat, dark and oblong-shaped, surrounded by metal frames. The frames have a line of small holes surrounding them; the smaller ones to let air in to prevent fogging, the the larger ones to clip the lenses in. The lens,…
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Title
Ski Goggles
Date
1950 – 1960
Material
fibre; metal; glass; elastic
Dimensions
4.0 x 14.0 cm
Description
(a) One pair of ski goggles with an adjustable elastic head strap. The lenses are flat, dark and oblong-shaped, surrounded by metal frames. The frames have a line of small holes surrounding them; the smaller ones to let air in to prevent fogging, the the larger ones to clip the lenses in. The lens, viewer’s right, is held in by a wire that is threaded through all of the holes. Also, that lens has an engraving with the name of the manufacturer in script “Secunda”. The lenses are joined by a piece of elastic across the nose portion. (b) A red, white and black lidded Elastoplast metal can that the goggles were stored in. Lid red with “S&N” in a dashed circle.; tin: On red background, front portion: white “Elastoplast TRADE MARK”, black “ELASTIC BANDAGE B.P.C., white “WITH POROUS ADHEVSIVE’ black “BRITISH PATENT NO.7” numbers scratched out, in black “FOR THE MEDICAL PROFESSION”. On a red background back portion: in a black rectangle in white lettering “DIRECTIONS FOR USE ENCLOSED, “WITH 3 in 7.6 cm) LENGTH UNSTRETCHED 3 YD. (2,70m) LENGTH STRETCHED 5/6 YD. (4,50 / 5,50m) order No. 1003 , in white in a dashed circle “S&N”, in black “Made in England by T. J. SMITH & NEPHEW LTD. Hull & Welwyn Garden City, in a black rectangle “KEEP IN A COOL PLACE”
Subject
sports
winter
skiing
climbing
Hans Gmoser
Credit
Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1989
Catalogue Number
103.08.1074 a,b
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