Museum of Vision Object of the Day

Contact lens set

Mueller Welt Fluidless contact lenses, c1950.

Glass teaching slide

Louis Steinbach, MD lecture slides.

Institute for the Blind and Deaf, Berkeley CA

Postcard featuring the Institute for the Blind and Deaf, Berkeley CA, 1916.

Bailliart scleral tonometer

Bailliart scleral tonometer in case.

Esperanto First Day Cover

First day issue of stamp featuring Esperanto, 1960

Eye and ear ducat

18th Century German silver eye and ear ducat.

Reading and distance test sheet

Dr. Haux's reading and distance test sheet for old sighted people, c1910

Etching by A. Bell

Etching by A. Bell, 1795-1800.

Improved Gervais Chart of the Eye

Improved Gervais Chart of the Eye, manufactured by FA Hardy & Co., 1891.

Spectacles and case

Spectacles and case manufactured in China, c1890.

Instruction course ticket counter

Instruction course ticket counter, 1972.

Postcard

Postcard of woman wearing spectacles.

Waldau's Phantom Face

Waldau's Phantom Face, 1890-1930.

"Rural Spectacle Vendor" by Andreas Scheits

This oil on linen painting is an undated copy, the original was painted in the 17th Century.

Notgeld, 1921

Mint Notgeld, or substitute currency, printed in Oldenburg, Germany.

Chinese Spectacle Case, c1700

Symbols on this spectacle case translate as a wish for prosperity.

Trial Lens Set, c1898

Trial lens set manufactured by Tillyer.

Trade Card, 1878

Ad for Dr. Thompson's Celebrated Eye Water, manufactured continuously between 1878 and 1955.

Surgical Instrument Set, c1870

Silver and ivory instrument set.

Surgical Instrument Set

Surgical set assembled from various manufacturers.

Satirical Medal, 17th Century

Insription reads: "Not Through Spectacles"

Roth Skiascope, c1890

Visual acuity tester designed by August Roth.

Optometer, 1880

Counter-top visual acuity tester for customers to determine their own prescriptions.

Ophthalmoscope, c1950

Ophthalmoscope manufactured by Okula in Nyrsko, Czechoslovakia.

Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493

First appearance of spectacles in print.

Lucien Howe Medal, 1922

First Howe Medal, awarded by the American Ophthalmological Society to Dr. Carl Koller

Juler's Ophthalmoscope, 1882

Ophthalmoscope designed by Henry Juler (1842-1921)

Eye Model, c1810

Small nested eye model carved from ivory and ebony.

Harrington Tonometer, 1944

Tonometer manufactured by Parsons Optical

Ex-voto, undated

A pressed tin prayer offering or milagros for treatment of an eye ailment.

Postage stamp, 1978

East German postage stamp featuring Albrecht von Graefe, 1978

Chinese Spectacles and Case, c1780

The case is tangerine skin embossed with blessings including longevity, riches and health.

"Traite De La Cataracte Et Du Glaucoma", 1921

This famous work by Pierre Brisseau was originally published in 1709.

AAOO Bermuda Cruise Program, 1936

Bermuda cruise program and itinerary from the personal papers of William Benedict, MD

Dr. J. Pettit's American Eye Salve

Dr. J. Pettit's American Eye Salve, 1939.

Northwest Orient Airlines

Northwest Orient Airlines AAOO convention flier, 1957.

Stereoscope card

Stereoscope card set manufactured by Keystone View Company.

"Atlas of Ophthalmoscopy"

By Richard Liebreich, 1885.

Spectacles Rendered Useless

Dr. J. Ball & Co.s' patent eye cups advertisement, c1870.

Spectacles, c1750

Unusual spectacles, c1750.

"Les Lunettes"

"Les Lunettes" by Louis-Leopold Boilly, 1850.

Esperanto postcard

Postcard written in the universal language, Esperanto, c1912

Fixation object for children

Mechanical toy fixation object for the diagnosis of children.

Ex-voto

A prayer offering or milagros for treatment of an eye ailment.

Victorian trade card

Victorian trade card, 1837-1901.

Opera glasses

Lemaire opera glasses, c1890.

In Pursuit of the Plum Flower

Chinese spectacle case depicting a scene from "The Three Kingdoms", c1780.

Folding lorgnette

Folding lorgnette, c1800.

Portrait of an Unknown Man

Portrait of an unknown man wearing spectacles, 1810-1920.

St. Lucy Statue, 18th Century

St. Lucy, the Patron Saint of eyes, Guatemala.

Herman Knapp, MD, 1878

Official photograph of Dr. Knapp as Chair of the AMA Section on Ophthalmology.

Ancient Egyptian Eye Amulet

Flat clay amulet covered in a light green faience or glaze depicting the Eye of Horus.

Test for Color Blindness

Test for Color Blindness by Dr. Shinbou Ishihara, c1940.

Colledge Ophthalmic Infirmary

Colledge Ophthalmic Infirmary, Macao c1850.

Skiascope, 1930

"Treatise of One Hundred and Thirteene..."

"Treatise of One Hundred and Thirteene Diseases of the Eyes and Eye Liddes" by Richard Banister, 1622.

Ophthalmoscope plates

Model eye ophthalmoscope plates.

Ronguer

Bone ronguer manufactured in Germany.

Forceps

Snellen entropium forceps

Model eye

Model eye manufactured by A.P. Seifert, 1900-1930.

Sherrington medal

Charles S. Sherrington, MD commemorative medal, 1980

Magnet, Spoon, Spatula

Ivory multi-tool

"Surgical Anatomy"

By Joseph Maclise, 1866

Lorgnette, c1920

Gonioprism and forcep

mnaufactured by Zeiss, c1984

Head lamp magnifier

Manufactured by American Optical Company

Coreco-Bucky Automatic Color Camera

Manufactured by Coreco Research Corporation, 1948

Jealousy Glass, c1790

Monocular spy glass, allowing user to see to their side without being noticed.

Slit bridge spectacles

English slit bridge spectacles, c1650.

Shore Self-Fit Machine

"Atlas der Ophthalmoskopie"

By Johann Oeller, 1896.

Revenue Stamp

Stamp issued by the U.S. as a tax on patent medicines to finance the Civil War.

Goggles, c1945

German goggles and case, c1945.

Gas mask spectacles

Spectacles to be worn with respirator, 1940-1945

Spectacles

Spectacles recovered from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Germany, 1945.

Revenue Stamp, 1862

Stamp issued by the U.S. as a tax on patent medicines to finance the Civil War.

Ridley Commemorative Stamp, 2010

Royal Mail postage stamp designed by Howard Brown.

Kambara Telegram

Telegram to Dr. George Kambara from the Wartime Civil Control Administration, 1942

Tredici Primary Flight Training

Primary flight training, 1943

"Beitrage Zur Pathologie Des Auges"

By Eduard Jaeger Ritter von Jaxtthal, 1870

Stereocard, 1906

Stereograph featuring the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.