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A surgical operation: left scapular osteotomy. Drawing by Virginia Powell, 1997.

The face of a man wearing goggles, his right goggle cracked. Colour lithograph after L. Cusden.

A red arrow wearing goggles, its right goggle cracked. Colour lithograph after L. Cusden.

Vision aids in America : a social history of eyewear and sight correction since 1900 / Kerry Segrave.

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Eyeglasses, Protective

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A red arrow wearing goggles, its right goggle cracked. Colour lithograph after L. Cusden.

A surgical operation: left scapular osteotomy. Drawing by Virginia Powell, 1997.

Vision aids in America : a social history of eyewear and sight correction since 1900 / Kerry Segrave.

The face of a man wearing goggles, his right goggle cracked. Colour lithograph after L. Cusden.