"Protector" Racing Goggles with Case, circa 1930
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Italian photographer and optician Giuseppe Ratti formed his eyewear company in 1917. Initially, Ratti produced "Protector" brand goggles for airplane pilots and race car drivers -- two occupations that required maximum protection for the eyes with minimum interference to vision. The company later introduced "Persol" brand sunglasses.
Italian photographer and optician Giuseppe Ratti formed his eyewear company in 1917. Initially, Ratti produced "Protector" brand goggles for airplane pilots and race car drivers -- two occupations that required maximum protection for the eyes with minimum interference to vision. The company later introduced "Persol" brand sunglasses.
Artifact
Goggles
Date Made
circa 1930
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Made in Italy; attributed to Giuseppe Ratti. Ratti's line of "Protector" eyewear became the company Persol.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
89.1.1734.156
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Family of William L. Mitchell.
Material
Chromium
Urethane Foam
Aluminum (Metal)
Technique
Plating (Metal coating)
Dimensions
Height: 3.75 in
Width: 2 in
Length: 10 in
Inscriptions
case, underside: Brevetto Brevete's G.D.G D.R.P 426884 - 428323 - 252008 Patented Oct. 23-1928: April 27-1926: Oct. 25-1927 Ba Cicogna - Torino - Made in Italy
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