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Chicago Nabs Groucho Marx Glasses Guinness Record
Posted by dee in news about glasses on September 21st, 2009
CHICAGO — A group of movie-goers sporting black-rimmed glasses, bushy eyebrows and mustaches have snagged a Guinness World Record for Chicago.
Mayor Richard Daley says he hopes this is the first of many Chicago record-breakers.
Guinness has verified the 4,436 Chicagoans who attended a July viewing of “Duck Soup” set the [...] Continue Reading…
Give You Eyes in the Back of Your Head – Glasses Designed by a Student
Posted by dee in news about glasses on July 8th, 2009
Using technology borrowed from lighthouses, a student designs glasses that could aid both competitive athletes and urban bike riders.
Student concepts usually fall well short of either marketability or feasibility. But Billy May, who just graduated from college last year, created a concept which clears both hurdles: A set of [...] Continue Reading…
Garden City Library Collection Of Eyeglasses
Posted by dee in news about glasses on June 15th, 2009
from gcnews
The Garden City Public Library is a collection site for used eyeglasses for the Recycle for Sight Program, which is run by a local Lions Club. The Lions Club has expressed its appreciation to the Library for continuing to serve as an ongoing collection site for the Recycle [...] Continue Reading…
Donate Used Eyeglasses Through April
Posted by dee in news about glasses on April 2nd, 2009
The Somerset County Office for the Disabled will be holding a “spring-cleaning” collection of used prescription eyeglasses through April.
The public is invited to donate used eyewear that will be given to people home and abroad who do not have access to eye care.
Eyeglasses may be placed in a drop [...] Continue Reading…