Green eyeshade
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Green eyeshades or dealer's visors are a type of visor that were worn most often from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century by accountants, telegraphers, copy editors, and others engaged in vi
A green eyeshade
Patent for green eyeshade by W. F. Mahony in 1903
Celluloid
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Celluloids are a class of materials produced by mixing nitrocellulose and camphor, often with added dyes and other agents. Once much more common for its use as photographic film before the advent of s
Green eyeshade
…economics, and budgeting, they became associated with these activities. Green eyeshades were often made of a translucent dark green- or blue-green-colored celluloid, although leather and paper were also sometimes used to make the visor portion. One manufacturer, the Featherweight Eyeshade Company, described their…
Celluloid and sterling silver pen.
Newark, New Jersey, industrial production complex of the Celluloid Company (c. 1890)
Old celluloid film rolls
An antique celluloid doll