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The Hopkins Observatory Eclipse Viewers

Two centuries of the cheap paper thing people held up at the sun

The Hopkins Observatory Eclipse Viewers

Eclipse glasses are designed to be thrown away, which is why a collection running back to 1793 is such an odd and lovely thing to exist. A 1932 card from the Harvey & Lewis Co. opticians calls itself the ECLIPSE-O-SCOPE, prints “For exact time see local newspapers”, and spends its remaining space explaining Baily’s beads to whoever bought it. The pitch has barely changed; the typography has changed completely.

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