Sunday, October 24, 2010

Brochure from Thorp & Martin of Boston, Massachusetts on Eclipse of January 1925


Neat folded cardstock piece printed on the occasion of the January 1925 eclipse.  It originally contained a pair of colored glasses, but those are not present, probably having been used during the eclipse.

Once in your lifetime.  Eclipse of the Sun, Boston, Mass., January 24, 1925






The right pane has slits which were meant to hold the glasses in place.

This is About How the Sun
Should Look from Boston
At the Height of the Eclipse


A Primer on the Eclipse
Starts: 8:04 A.M.                January 24
Height: 9:17 A.M.        Eastern standard time
Ends: 10:36 A.M.


Facts Furnished by Harvard Observatory
At its height one-one hundredth of the Sun's diameter will remain uncovered and shining.
How dark will Boston be?  Not even the astronomers know.
When was the last such eclipse darkening Boston?
1806 (Bowditch records.)
When will the next visit us?  In 1932.
The shadow seen January 24 will move slowly from the upper right to the lower left of the Sun's disc.


Even when darkest remember we are Boston's leading stationers.


WE INVITE YOU


TO WATCH THE 
ECLIPSE OF THE SUN
JAN. 24, 1925
With Greater Comfort Because of Using These
T & M COLORED GLASSES
Furnished with the compliments of
THORP & MARTIN
Company
Stationers, Wholesale and Retail
66 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass.






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