"History on your face." Topic
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| Tango01 | 05 Jan 2015 12:58 p.m. PST |
Common Spectacle Styles before, during and after the ACW 1835-1870 PDF link So Spectacles were very common in the Old West and the ACW.
Not so many figures with them? Amicalement
Armand |
79thPA  | 05 Jan 2015 1:59 p.m. PST |
That was actually quite interesting. And no, we don't see many spectacle wearing figures. |
| tberry7403 | 05 Jan 2015 2:25 p.m. PST |
You gotta figure spectacles were a rare and expensive thing you wouldn't wear unless absolutely needed. |
| sneakgun | 05 Jan 2015 3:11 p.m. PST |
And fragile, probably just put them on to read… |
| Larry Gettysburg Soldiers | 05 Jan 2015 3:43 p.m. PST |
"I left my spectacles over there, what is the name of this town?" |
| jgibbons | 05 Jan 2015 6:37 p.m. PST |
That was a very helpful article as a sometimes reenactor! Thanks!! |
| Tango01 | 06 Jan 2015 10:59 a.m. PST |
Glad you like it my friends!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| 138SquadronRAF | 07 Jan 2015 5:49 p.m. PST |
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