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Object Name |
Case, Field Glasses |
Catalog Number |
0985.03.00122a |
Description |
Field glasses case of pressed paperboard covered with a black leather, formed to the glasses. Lid closes with metal catch clasp. Lined with light red / dark pink silk. For field glasses (.122). |
Material |
Paper/Leather/Fabric/Metal |
Dimensions |
W-5.5 L-4.75 D-2.625 inches |
Owned |
Joseph Frederick Waring |
Owner Regiment |
Jefferson Davis Legion, Co. F |
Provenance |
Col. Joseph Frederick Waring used these opera glasses in the field during the war. Waring enlisted as Capt. of Co. F, Jefferson Davis Legion on September 17, 1861. He rose to Lt. Col. on December 2, 1862 and to Colonel in early 1865. |
People |
Waring, Joseph Frederick |
Search Terms |
Optics |
Subjects |
Optical devices |