Canada Optical Company glasses frames
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CA ON00156 DA 2015.09
Item
c.1965
Two pairs of glasses made at the Canada Optical Company in Deseronto, with paper casings. Models: Lana Brown Silk and Lana Black (both made of plastic with seven diamanté stones over each eye).
Canada Optical Company
Canada Optical Company collection
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CA ON00156 DA 2015.10
Collection
1947-1993
Collection of materials relating to the Canada Optical Company in Deseronto, Ontario, including:
Typescript catalogue of glasses frames, 1947
Postcard with drawing of outside of plant, c.1950
Visitor book with Polaroid photographs of visitors, 1969-1974
Photograph album of staff events and activities, c.1975-1990
Magazine and newspaper articles about the company, 1980-1993
Product information sheets, 1980s
Employee benefits book, 1986
14 colour photographs of people and equipment at the plant, 1980s
The materials were collected by Don Simpson, former general manager of the Deseronto plant.
Canada Optical Company