{"id":1035,"date":"2021-07-20T08:56:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T12:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lizzieborden.org\/TinyTuesdays\/?p=1035"},"modified":"2021-08-25T08:57:51","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T12:57:51","slug":"train-ride-spectacles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/TinyTuesdays\/2021\/07\/20\/train-ride-spectacles\/","title":{"rendered":"Train Ride Spectacles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id\" dir=\"auto\">What do planes, trains, automobiles have in common? Specialized glasses, like this pair for Tiny Tuesday!<\/p>\n<p>These fascinating spectacles date to the third quarter of the 19th century and were used to protect the eyes during train rides. The metal mesh screens on the sides of the lenses protected the wearer from dust, insects, wind, and ash that blew in through the coach\u2019s windows as they rode the rails. Like modern sunglasses, these lenses are tinted to protect from the sun\u2019s rays, and oftentimes were tinted green, blue, or a dark shade. The spectacles would have been attached to either metal frames, a chain, or a ribbon to be worn.<\/p>\n<p>For ease of travel, these glasses have their own little metal carrying case! The oval case is finished in a style called Japanning. Originating as a Western imitation of Asian lacquer work, japanning is characterized by its shiny varnish that is like enamel paint. While black was the primary color used in japanning, this case is a lovely copper color. The glasses can be folded and placed within the case for convenient travel.<\/p>\n<p>These railway glasses are just one of the examples of 18th to 20th century eyewear in the FRHS\u2019s collection!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do planes, trains, automobiles have in common? Specialized glasses, like this pair for Tiny Tuesday! These fascinating spectacles date to the third quarter of the 19th century and were used to protect the eyes during train rides. The metal mesh screens on the sides of the lenses protected the wearer from dust, insects, wind,&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"btnReadMore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/TinyTuesdays\/2021\/07\/20\/train-ride-spectacles\/\">Read More <i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right i-spcr-l\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,4],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-1035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eyewear","category-vintage","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/TinyTuesdays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/TinyTuesdays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/TinyTuesdays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/TinyTuesdays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/TinyTuesdays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1035"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/TinyTuesdays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1037,"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/TinyTuesdays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035\/revisions\/1037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/TinyTuesdays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/TinyTuesdays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/TinyTuesdays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/TinyTuesdays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}