Near vision test card
 Catalogue Number: 2464 Near vision test card Category: Equipment Sub-Category: Reading card, tests of near vision Corporation: Titmus Optical Company Inc Year Of Publication/Manufacture: c1955 Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Petersburg Virginia USA Publisher/Manufacturer: Titmus optical Co Description Of Item: Plastic card, 120 x 196 mm with 3mm hole at top. One side has paragraphs of different sizes of print labelled from 1 (smallest) to 7 (largest). Reverse shows examples of Newspaper type, Bible type, Telephone directory, blocks of print on green and red backgrounds, a line of music and a road map. It is labelled 'TITMUS OPTICAL COMPANY, INC. Petersburg, Virginia. One of the World's Largest Manufacturers of Ophthalmic Products...Instruments, Lenses, Frames, Sun Wear'. Historical Significance: The Titmus Optical Co was founded in 1908 in Petersburg, Virginia, USA. How Acquired: Donated by Pamela R Sutton Date Acquired: July 2014 Condition: Very good Location: Archive office. Pamphlet and ephemera filing cabinet. Drawer 5 |