Object Details
- Description
- An inscription in the case holding this frame for trial lenses reads “Paul Weiss / OPTICIAN / 1606 CURTIS ST. / DENVER.” Paul Weiss (1864-1943) was born in Switzerland, and moved to the United States in 1881. By 1891 he was working as an optician in Denver, Colorado.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Credit Line
- Ruth Fisher
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/4 in x 7 in x 2 1/4 in; 3.175 cm x 17.78 cm x 5.715 cm
- Object Name
- Frame, Lens, Trial
- frame, lens, trial
- Other Terms
- Frame, Lens, Trial; Medicine
