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Eyeglasses with diffraction grating lenses

Major collection: Holography
Named collection: Holography Collection
Object type: hologram
Maker: unknown
Date made: 1975
Materials: reflection hologram; plastic
Measurements: 2 1/4 in x 5 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in
Nomenclature: commercial
Classification: holograms

Aviator-style, horn-rimmed eyeglasses with diffraction grating lenses; when one wears the glasses and looks at a light source, rainbow-colored diffraction gratings appear.


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MOH-1975.13.01