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- "Protector" Racing Goggles with Case, circa 1930 - 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.
- circa 1930
- Collections - Artifact
"Protector" Racing Goggles with Case, circa 1930
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.
- Racing Goggles Worn by Rudolf Caracciola, 1939 - Rudolf Caracciola, a native of Remagen, Germany, was a three-time winner of the European Drivers' Championship and a three-time winner of the European Hillclimbing Championship. Caracciola wore these goggles during the 1939 Grand Prix season in which he finished third overall -- though an official winner was never declared due to the outbreak of World War II.
- 1939
- Collections - Artifact
Racing Goggles Worn by Rudolf Caracciola, 1939
Rudolf Caracciola, a native of Remagen, Germany, was a three-time winner of the European Drivers' Championship and a three-time winner of the European Hillclimbing Championship. Caracciola wore these goggles during the 1939 Grand Prix season in which he finished third overall -- though an official winner was never declared due to the outbreak of World War II.