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leaflet
American Optical Company
Europe: United Kingdom
c.1983
paper
overall: 106 x 102 mm
Patient information leaflet printed in full colour on 12 small square-shaped pages, stapled into a booklet. Includes an explanation of astigmatism and a chart detailing the decline near vision clarity between the ages of 40-60. Illustrations include young people on bicycles (doctored photographs demonstrating the difference between hyperopia and myopia), a woman reading a wine bottle label, a man reading a French newspaper, a woman holding a lorgnette. a close-up shot of a pair of bifocals with visible segment and a comparison shot of spectacles glazed with Truvision progressive power lenses.
2008.436
Gift of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers, 2008