Spencer Company Eye Test Chart on Board antique magic lantern slides Tales of Adventure

Tales of Adventure

I've seen a few other West German wooden figures from the same era

and had to snatch one up

and I just love the dynamic created by empty button holes and unhooked hooks

Spencer Company Eye Test Chart on Board antique magic lantern slides Tales of AdventureI believe this eye test chart dates to the mid to late 1940s; I have found some references to the Spencer Company of Mount Vernon that produced it from around then, including in Popular Photography magazine advertising photography equipment. I have found no matches for it out there anywhere though, so am not sure how much traction it gained as among optometrists though with its terrific mix of text and patterns and color it seems like it would have