Spectacle prescription for 'Baby Howell' 1939
 Catalogue Number: 4187 Spectacle prescription for 'Baby Howell' 1939 Category: Papers Sub-Category: Practice stationery, Rx, accounts etc : Anderson J Ringland Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1939 Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Melbourne Description Of Item: Spectacle prescription written by ophthalmologist J Ringland Anderson on 13.2.1939 for 'Baby Howell'; 'R&L +2.0 DS'. Rear of prescription has 'Baby Howell' hand written and Alfred Nott's ink stamp. Held in envelope from Alfred Nott Pty Ltd/ Opticians/ T & G Building/ Corner Collins & Russell Sts/ Melbourne C1. Historical Significance: The donor, Mrs Olive McCahon, nee Howell, appears as a young child with her grandmother in a photograph featured in the Aitken Gallery display of spectacles. Both are shown wearing similarly styled spectacles. How Acquired: Donated by Olive McCahon Date Acquired: April 2022 Condition: Good Location: Archive office. Pamphlet and ephemera filing cabinet. Drawer 10 |