[HirstLens polishing machinery]

Object detail

Accession number

PHO-2018-4.9

Maker

Unknown

Description

Photograph showing polishing machinery stuck onto loose paper sheet. Compiled with caption when company operated at HirstLens, circa 1990s. Captioned "HirstLens Ingenuity... Polishing machine mechanism made from gearbox of gunsight circa 1967".

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper/Photographic

Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 9 x 14 cm on sheet 29.5 x 21 cm

Collection

HirstLens NZ Ltd Collection

Credit Line

Unknown. [1990s]. [HirstLens polishing machinery], PHO-2018-4.9. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Photograph Print, Photographic Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Graphic Documents

Subject

Contact lenses <C> Ophthalmic lenses <C> Optometry New Zealand Opticians

Collection type

Pictorial Walsh Memorial Library

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Subject auto tags

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Group object

Name/Title: [Collection of optical equipment and archive] Maker: Hirst Contact Lens Limited, HirstLens NZ Ltd Production date: [1940s-2000s Decade] Accession number: COL-2018-4 See full details

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