Through the Looking Glasses

Wonderful shot! I just love it, and the title.

Were not in Kansas anymore ,Toto

Very well preserved...The one on the left even has the tin and packets of spare lenses with it...

It's hard to believe what good shape these are in. I bet you were correct that these were in different collections and assembled specifically for this exhibit. Someone did a great job preserving these.

the eyeglasses look as if one pair belonged to a woman and the other a man, ok now, for the sake of asking, didnt they have to take their glasses off in order to wear the gas-mask? Did they see where they were running too? Did they have special lenses for near and far sighted?

LucieLou:
Yes you did have to remove your everyday wear glasses off in order to don most protective masks because mask lenses are not script...
They would also cause seal problems...
If you wore prescription glasses you were issued a set of wire framed lenses that fit like swimmers goggles ...Instead of a straight ear piece there is a 'C' that comes off each lens and wraps around the ear to hold them in place with no movement...
The ear piece and nose piece are connected to lenses by springs...If you were to see someone wearing a set it would look something like monocle over each eye...This design is still used today...
Prescription sets were primarily used for people that went into a toxic environment to work or clean up, other than that the mask is donned to get out of an area quickly and not usually worn for a long period of time...Other than that you just have to deal with not being able to see properly for a little bit or die...

The wax paper packets were plastic replacement lenses and the tin is anti fogging inserts in the picture as I mentioned above...

ebolavirus...

Great info, very helpful ebolavirus! Thanks for taking time to explain!

Does it perhaps come with a rose tint?

Really, ebola, that is great info. There are so many little details about life in general that most of us don't think about and when we do it's great to know there's someone who actually can help with the answers. :-)

Yes, thank you again, ebola!