Opticians ephemera. Box 1.
- Ephemera
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Box file containing items of ephemera in acid free sleeves. Includes cards advertising the practices of Aitchison & Co. Ltd. (428, Strand, London), R.B. Bate (mid 19th century, 21 Poultry, London), Kenneth Beveridge (1960, Gillingham), Boots opticians (1990s?, Billericay), Charles Bradford (1937, Palmers Green), Ronald Brown (1990s?, Kentish Town), Camden & Islington Family Health Services Authority, Curry & Paxton (1920 / 30s, Liverpool), le sieur De Sanctis and his 'Eau Particulière' to cure eye diseases (18th century?), Eustonoptical (Drummond Street, London, 2010), Newcastle Eye Hospital (1936), a Morecambe postcard (the promenade) advertising the Eye Specialist (A. Upson, Maidenhead) - possibly put through people's letterboxes in the Maidenhead area as a publicity gimmick, Rudolf Frey (Augenarzt, 85 Bismarckstrasse, Düsseldorf, 1930s), Messrs. J. Garrity, Howard & co. opticians and aurists (19th century, London and Bristol), Stanley H. Gray 1957, Leicester), Greenwich Eye Studio (2004), Mr. Hagon (Cardiff), Hammond's Optical Service Ltd.(Walthamstow), Henry I. Harris (4 Park Lane, Wembley), Alfred Hawes (1930s, Leadenhall Street and Stratford, London), John Horwitz (1990s, Southampton Row, London), G.E. Houghton (Margate), W, Johnston (1990s, Tottenham Court Road, London), J.W. Johnston & Son (1915, Carlisle), Heer V.R. de Jurgensdetter and his 'Mirakel Balsem' (early 18th century, Netherlands), Lennies (1912, at 46 Princes Street, Edinburgh), Claud Manfull (Sneinton, Nottingham), National Health Service Supplementary Ophthalmic Services (1953), Reginald E. Bicherton (1939, Portland Place, London), Premier Optical Co. (1920s, Oldham), George Prescott (1905, Edinburgh), W.T. Rising (1908, Hampstead), A.H. Rivron & Son (est. 1880, Ipswich), Worshipful Company of Spectaclemakers (1929 certificate for Alfred Sedgwick Ronchetti, of Ampthill), F.C. Scott (73 Castle Street, Bristol), Second Sight (1990s, Tottenham Court Road, London), Sight Care, Dr. P.B. Siah (1992, London), Watson & Son (1939, Macclesfield), Philip and Joseph Clive Wellings (1970, Macclesfield), Francis West (1831?, Fleet Street, London), Mr. and Mrs. Williams and their cure for cataracts and Egyptian ophthalmia (ca. 1810, High Holborn, London), Association of Optical Practitioners Services Ltd., Federation of Ophthalmic and Dispensing opticians (1988/9), Health and Social services Councils for Northern Ireland, Optical Consumer Complaints Service (1996).
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