Opticians Collection

Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough, Teesside. Date: 1890s

Advert for Curry & Paxton, binoculars 1934
Curry & Paxton, dispensing opticians, advertising binoculars with leather case. Date: 1934

Boulevard Lalezar, Tehran, Iran Date: circa 1910s

Kilindini Road, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa, with Wardles Chemists, Photographers and Opticians. circa 1940

Advertisement, Thomas Harris, Opticians to the Royal Family
Advertisement, Thomas Harris & Son, Opticians to the Royal Family. 1841

Ww1 / 1915 / German Optimism
The German people favours OPTIMISMUS rather than PESSIMISMUS [though isn t it ironic that the sign should be rose-tinted spectacles ?]

Advert for F. I. Tovey, Ophthalmic Optician, Bath
Advert for F.I. Tovey, Ophthalmic Optician, New Bond Street, Bath Date: 1902

Advert, Dollond Opticians, Ludgate Hill, London -- binoculars, opera and field glasses, etc. 1880

Douglas Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - note the wonderful signage advertising the Hotel Metropolis and the (rather wonderful) Poodle Dog Cafe !! Date: circa 1940s

Glasgow, Scotland - Charing Cross. Date: 1932

Advert Theodore Hamblin, fold-away spectacles 1937
Trade mark spectacle, that fold into a compact case, available from Theodore Hamblin, Wigmore Street, London. Date: 1937

Modern shopping precinct in Exeter, Devon, on a sunny day. Date: circa 1960s

Advertisement for Lancaster & Thorpe opticians, Derby
Advertisement for Lancaster & Thorpe, The Opticians, The Spot, Derby, offering sight testing and the scientific fitting of glasses

Dollonds military spectacles advertisement, WW1
Advertisement for military spectacles, with specially constructed frames with large round eyes to give the best possible field of vision. Date: 1918

Military spectacles by Dollands, WW1
Specialist military spectacles with larger lenses and secure hooks, as supplied by Dollands of Oxford Street. The advertisement claims that many civilians are adopting the style due to its obvious

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