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Title from accompanying material.
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Document identity
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mg750n946
label
L.H. Latimer eyeglasses
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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mg750n946
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object
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normalized
title
L.H. Latimer eyeglasses
description
Title from accompanying material.
date
["[ca. 1842–2021]"]
year
1842
rights
The Lewis H. Latimer Society, Inc. owns outright all of the materials in these collections.
rightsUri
This work is in the public domain under a Creative Commons No Rights Reserved License (CC0).
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
identifierLocal
1_1_53
institution
Lewis H. Latimer Society & Museum
collections
Lewis H. Latimer Society Chelsea
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Objects
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Eyeglasses
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Artifact
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extent
1 item
notes
Title from accompanying material.
Lewis H. Latimer worn a pair of eyeglasses for much of his livelihood. The Society obtained these frames in current condition thanks to Dr. Winifred over a decade ago and have been preserved since.
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no
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mg750n946
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object
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1
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photo
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