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The Optician CIX (2824) - Victory Number
ARCHIVAL ITEMS
journal
Optician; The Hatton Press Ltd
Europe: United Kingdom, England, London
1945-05-11
paper
overall: 201 mm x 129 mm

Special issue of 'The Optician' marking the Allied victory in the Second World War. Printed in black and white with partially blue-coloured soft end covers, stapled. Front features an outdoor photograph of the King (George VI) with Queen Elizabeth and the Prime Minister Mr Winston Churchill. Includes victory-related advertising from, at the front: The Hadley Company Ltd, R. Archer & Sons Ltd/Elliott Optical Co. Ltd/London Optical Co Ltd/Newbold & Co Ltd/Raphael's Ltd/Stigmat Ltd (Igard plastic lenses), George Culver Ltd, R. Archer & Sons Ltd, John Baird & Son (Opticians) Ltd, International Optical Co Ltd (Inop plastic frames), F.H.C. Lyon Ltd, Bausch & Lomb Optical Co Ltd, Lenton & Rusby Ltd, Lessar Brothers Ltd, Wheway Optical Co Ltd, Newbold & Co Ltd, J & R Fleming Ltd. In the middle: Raphael's, M. Wiseman & Co Ltd, Stigmat Ltd. At the back: London Optical Co Ltd, Opticrafts (reinforced sides), Willesden Optical Works Ltd, Levers Optical Company Limited, Gowllands Ltd, Elliott Optical Company Ltd, Ardern & Company Ltd, Scottish Optical Works Ltd, Norwood Optical Co Ltd, Motex Ltd (safety lenses), The Manchester Bifocal Lens Co (coloured dyes for frames), Ralph Mason & Co (synthetic shell manufacturers), A. Hector Grimmond, Rilco Glass Company Ltd, [Nitsche & Gunther] N&G British Optical Co Ltd, Newbold & Bulford Ltd, Chance Brothers, United Kingdom Optical Co Ltd, British American Optical Company Ltd.

2016.14

Gift of Mr Jeremy Cohn in memory of Mr Norbert Cohn FCOptom, 2014