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Vintage Sunglasses
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ChazVanEyck
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Hey, just wanted to share these photos of a pair of goggles I won on eBay a couple of days ago! I'm really excited about these!
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I normally don't post my mug on here, but I think I can remain mysterious behind these 1950's shades I picked up at a yard sale a couple of weeks ago:
That's my tough look.
That's my tough look.
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pigeon toe said:Nice glasses!
My mom has some very old vintage sunglasses probably from the 20's. They belonged to some distant relative. They are very similar to the ones in the second photo, but have thinner wire arms and the shade things on the side are metal mesh (I can't tell from the photo what they look like on your glasses). They are very neat, I'll have to ask her for those next time I go home.
I don't wanna hijack this thread, but I have some adorable vintage sunglasses that I can't seem to date. I want to say late 50's/early 60's, but wouldn't be surprised if they were later. Here's a picture:
Any ideas?
Late 1940's, early 1950's.
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ChazVanEyck said:Hey, just wanted to share these photos of a pair of goggles I won on eBay a couple of days ago! I'm really excited about these!
These might be vintage welding goggles. Thoughts anyone?
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That's probably what they are. If not welding, then some kind of safety goggle. Mine definitely were welding, they've got little bits of metal fused to the lenses.
My pair, work great as sunglasses, nice and dark. The one difficulty, though with this style as sunglasses, is folding them up when you're inside. The side screens make them pretty bulky in your pocket, which is a hassle. If you're not wearing a jacket, it's an even bigger problem, because it's not like you can just put the ear piece over a shirt pocket or your collar. You pretty much have to carry them in that case.
My pair, work great as sunglasses, nice and dark. The one difficulty, though with this style as sunglasses, is folding them up when you're inside. The side screens make them pretty bulky in your pocket, which is a hassle. If you're not wearing a jacket, it's an even bigger problem, because it's not like you can just put the ear piece over a shirt pocket or your collar. You pretty much have to carry them in that case.
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Jerekson said:
Sorry, I thought this thread had only three pages, so I just answered...I should have kept reading...
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Lucky Strike said:Bought these at a street/flea-market some three weeks ago...seller said he'd bought them NOS from Sweden:
I'd think around 1950?
Wow..I'm drooling all over my keyboard at those glasses...
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dhermann1 said:
No, that makes you a man comfortable with his femininity.
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Ok, so I received the goggles the weekend before last, but am now just getting the chance to post a photo. So, here it is! The lenses are amber as shown previously in the photos I posted.
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The look sharp.
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very slick..
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Here's a pair that i got off the 'bay a little time ago
They came with the case and an original cleaning cloth that was stuffed down in the case.
They came with the case and an original cleaning cloth that was stuffed down in the case.
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nice
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Jerekson said:
I like the last one. You look good!
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Baron Kurtz said:
I always liked those 20s/30s driving goggle-type sunglasses. Very cool, dinerman . . .
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Sure do look like the same type od "safety" glasses that were availible as burning glasses for industrial and construction workers. I'm a boilermaker/welder by trade,..have several old magazines depicting fellows wearing these while oxy welding/burning from the 1940s.....pus i have a pair. Never saw pictures of driving glasses tht looked like these exact same style of glasses, but from the 20s/30s...would be very interested to see pics or old ads. heck, I may have just never noticed them???
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Lucky Strike said:Bought these at a street/flea-market some three weeks ago...seller said he'd bought them NOS from Sweden:
I'd think around 1950?
Definitley NOT 50s,...had a pair JUST like them in the past,...dont ask what happened to them, lets not go there!...:eusa_doh:
Anyway, the design and material that they're made of is dead on to the stylings of the 1930s and possibly 1920s! Great look.
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