Glasses, Eclipse
- Object Name:
- Glasses, Eclipse
- Object ID:
- 2024.009
- Creator:
- Rainbow Symphony, Inc. -- Manufacturer
- Place of Origin:
- Reseda, CA
- Date:
- 2024
- Description:
- Glasses, Eclipse. Pair of paper and plastic eclipse glasses manufactured by Rainbow Symphony, Inc., Reseda, CA. Produced for the 2024 total eclipse and branded with the New Hampshire Space Grant Consortium and University of New Hampshire logos.
- Material:
- Paper
Plastic - Dimensions:
- H-1.5 W-5.625 D-5.25 inches
- Provenance:
- On April 8, 2024 the United States was in the path of a total solar eclipse, with the path of totality arcing from Texas to Maine. In New Hampshire it included the majority of Coos County from Lancaster northward. Tens of thousands of people traveled to northern New England to witness the sight, including the Paryl family of Amherst. The eclipse glasses were given to the donor's son, Edward "Eddy" Alexander Paryl, at the Amherst, NH, Middle School. They were used in Lancaster, NH, off of Route 3 at the Mount Prospect Rope Tow parking lot during the eclipse.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Laura Paryl
- People:
- Paryl, Edward Alexander (2012- )
- Subjects:
- Total Solar Eclipse, 2024, Eclipses
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