American Optical and
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From AO news 1970s vol 2, no 7

1888
Photo of AO Main plant and workers

The AO Finance Office as it appeared in 1917 - Photo courtesy of
Rosemary Simmonds
Inspectors
in
Lens
Plant in 1918

AO
Management Photo by the Main Plant - ~late 1920's early 1930s
Donated by Jim Alden

Download this 1945 booklet
(17mb pdf)

1951 - Rita
Hmay working on stiching for cases
Link to Women in Factory Page- Rev Feb 18, 2011
A Janitor in the Main Plant in 1941 and group below

And the winner was...
Help me identify the women and the winner from 1948!
Printable
pdf
file

Image from Audio CD sent to me by Bob Haynes,
showing participants in a party Honoring Byron Zeigler

Al
Watson photo of meeting in mid 1960s - comments below.
The picture of Harding
Jenkins (facing us) includes Victor Kniss at Harding's
right,
Frank Hurley at extreme right, Ray Stevens leaning over Harding,
Don Hoyt to the left with face partially hidden,
and a couple of men who are unidentified

Glass Research testing - 1962
June 1964

AO
News
1967 Photo of Dr. Dick Hovey and mention of
AO's photochromic technology
work 14 years before Photolite
In Memory of - Honoring deceased AO Employees
Recollections
of
Former AO Employees
Check back for update soon - Stories are
welcome!
Photos
of
AO Employees in the 1920's ?
AO Reunion
in 2002 at the Southbridge Hotel and Conference Center
AO's
Ophthalmic
Lens Designers
Dr. Tillyer, Dr. Estelle Glancy, John Davis,
Don Whitney,etc.
AO R&D 1978 photos by Don Whitney
AO Central Testing Laboratory - 1975 Dick Whitney Photos

AO QC Dept Xmas Lunch at Roms- Dec 1979


Click
here
for an Excel file with names of those identified in
the above photo Collage
AO
Reporter Magazine from 1972 New
18-Feb-10
download pdf
A
Tribute to Rom's after 56 years - last day August 31, 2008
Thanks for the
Memories!!!
Dick Whitney July 6, 2011