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Borland Sunglasses

American History Museum

Borland Sunglasses; front
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  • Borland Sunglasses; front
  • Borland Sunglasses; side

    Object Details

    Description

    These folding purple cardboard sunglasses have plastic lenses. Test in black on the left arm reads: BORLAND. A cartoon image of a yellow armadillo with purple sunglasses is on the right arm. The lenses are oval and dark blue in color. A mark in black permanent ink on the inside of the left arm reads: CDX 11/92.
    The measurements given are for the glasses open.

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Credit Line

    David DeJean

    date made

    c 1992

    ID Number

    2009.3071.798

    catalog number

    2009.3071.798

    nonaccession number

    2009.3071

    Object Name

    sunglasses

    Physical Description

    cardboard (overall material)
    plastic (overall material)

    Measurements

    overall: 1 3/4 in x 16 in; 4.445 cm x 40.64 cm

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    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-5486-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_1388979

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