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Goggles, Driving

Object number97.66.9 a,b

Datec. 1915

MediumSteel; Glass

Credit LineGift of Jeanne Miller Dodson

DescriptionPair of driving goggles. Tear-shaped with steel frame and steel mesh around sides. Painted black. Oval-shaped colorless glass lens. Edge of goggle and lens reinforced with steel rim, painted black. DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a,b together [approximate]): 1.438 × 4.625 × 1.063 in. (3.7 × 11.7 × 2.7 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (a): 1.438 × 2.375 × 1.063 in. (3.7 × 6 × 2.7 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (b): 1.438 × 2.375 × 1.063 in. (3.7 × 6 × 2.7 cm)
Marks(a-b)
Each goggle half has text stamped into outer frame on exterior "PATENT".
Historical NotesDriving goggles that belonged to Samuel McAleer, an Irish immigrant to Pittsburgh who came to Pittsburgh at the age of 17 in 1858. A resident of the North Side, he established a dry goods business. He passed in 1926 at the age of 85.

Previous owner Samuel McAleer (1841 - 1926)

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