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The Optical Index Vol 35 (1)
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journal
Professional Press
North America: USA
January 1960
paper
overall: 197 mm x 135 mm

Issue of 'The Optical Index' featuring reports on successful optical selling, sales conferences, appointment of Roy Marks as president of Shuron Optical Company/new Shuron manufacturing plant in South Carolina, modern dispensing techniques and 'Transatlantic Topics' by Britannicus. Includes various trade advertisements. To front cover: Continental Optical Company, Precision-Cosmet Co Inc. To inner pages: Art-Craft Optical Co. Inc. ('Satin Jewel-Lite'), Coburn Manufacturing Company ('Dialomatic' lens machine), Huson Optical Corp. ('Chant' ladies frame), Liberty Optical, Lindsay Research Laboratories (Super-Ce polishing material), Tru-Vue Optical Corp ('Hi-Time' frame), Shuron ('Ronsir Shurtone' frame), Univis Lens Company, Victory Optical ('Cerise' ladies frames), Universal Optical Company (new 'Diplomat' men's frame), Fairfield Optical Co ('Little Fairmaid' girls frame), American Optical Co (AO Adapta-Rod furniture), Modern Optics Inc., Styl-Rite Optics inc ('Electra' and 'Dahlia' ladies frames), Titmus Optical Company Inc. ('Mr T' frame), Optical Originals Inc. ('Bar Harbour' frame), Kono (Cat's eye frame), Zylite (Super G-2 frame), Bausch & Lomb ('Futuresque' ladies frames), The Bishop Co ('Power' two-tone men's frame in woodsmoke), Styl-Optics Inc. ('Nicole' frame), McLeod Optical Company Inc. (i-gard plastic lenses), Robinson-Houchin Inc. (Greyhound tool scorer), Rowland Products Inc. (block patterns), Sadler Bros Inc. (self-locking endpiece bearing), Meyer Optical Co Inc (lenses for peripheral vision), Bausch & Lomb (Automatic Sphere Surfacer), Super-Cut Distributors (diamond laps), W.R Grace & Co (Davison Super-fast polishing powder), Universal Shellac and Supply Co (diamond edger), Lantz Lenscraft Inc (bifocals and trifocals without segment lines); to rear: ZyloWare Corporation ('Kariann' frame), American Optical Co (new 'Project-O-Marker' lens marking machine).

2016.497

Gift of Mr David Randall, FCOptom, 2016