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The Optician - Special Supplement - Eyewear in Harmony
ARCHIVAL ITEMS
journal
The Hatton Press Ltd
Europe: United Kingdom
March 1953
paper
overall: 219 mm x 144 mm

One-off journal issue (Special supplement) of 'The Optician' showcasing British eyewear, produced to coincide with the 'Eyewear in Harmony' fashion show at the Royal Festival Hall, 25-26 March 1953. Printed in black and white with some colour advertisements on 72 pages with soft end covers, stapled. Features introduction by W. E. Hardy, Frank Piggott 'The Connection between frame design and optical progress', McDonald Hobley 'A Parade of Progress', judge's verdicts, A. H. Degenhardt 'A New Approach to Optical Dispensing', Anon. 'Looking at the Human Face', , Anon. 'Making patients happy with their glasses'. Includes various trade advertisements: Hadley, Stigmat, Lesbro, Nitsche & Gunther, Societe des Lunetiers, Newbold & Bulford, BAO, AA Prescription Service, United Kingdom Optical Co. Ltd, J & R Fleming Ltd, Raphaels Ltd, M. Wiseman & Company Ltd, Newbold & Co. Ltd, Pell Optical Co., London Optical Company Ltd, Elliott Optical Company Ltd, George Rodway Ltd, M. I. Crompton Ltd, Salvoc Safety Lenses, Wheway Optical Co. Ltd, H. Roberts (Opticians) Ltd, Jennings Abbott Limited, Geo. A. Coates, Butterworths (Edinburgh) Ltd, Phillips Optical Compana (Phillips of Liverpool), Stigmat-Wheway Ltd, James Hetley & Co Ltd, Frank Butterworth Ltd, Manchester Bifocal Lens Company Ltd, Thomas Keef, T. Aston Ltd, John Baird & Son, Utting & Kain, Houldsworth Optical Works, Westco, Philip Lewis, Chadwick Optical Company Ltd, B. Barton, Victor Jay Optical Crafts, The Hatton Press, The Information Council of the Optical Industry, Trident Optical Company Ltd, R. Archer & Sons Ltd.

2012.153

Gift of Mr David Randall, FCOptom, 2011