Daily Herald Photograph: Making glass eyes

PART OF:
The photographic library of the 'Daily Herald' newspaper
Made:
1943-01-01 in Liverpool
maker:
Weekly Illustrated/Illustrated
photographer:
Saidman
Daily Herald Photograph: Making glass eyes Daily Herald Photograph: Making glass eyes

Daily Herald Photograph: Making glass eyes
Science Museum Group
© TopFoto/SMG Images

Daily Herald Photograph: Making glass eyes
Science Museum Group
© TopFoto/SMG Images

One photograph depicting rows of glass eyes titled ‘Glass Eyes’. Caption on back reads; ‘Artificial eyes are not mass-produced. Each one is a perfect work of art. Pictures on these pages show how this skilled work is being done by girls at the Optical Appliances Depot of the Ministry of Pensions’. Clipping of the original article attached.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Daily Herald Archive
Object Number:
1983-5236/55256
Materials:
paper
type:
photographic print