Shortsighted Collection

Comic postcard, Man with large parcel looking for maternity home Date: 20th century

Stealing wool to Fly a Kite, Henry cartoon by Carl Anderson Date: 1936

Myopia (chromolitho)
1093681 Myopia (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Myopia. French educational card, late 19th or early 20th century.); © Look and Learn; French

Comic postcard, Woman annoys Scotsman Date: 20th century

Illustration for Le Rire (colour litho)
2786520 Illustration for Le Rire (colour litho) by Rabier, Benjamin (1869-1939) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for Le Rire, 18 July 1908.); © Look and Learn

Girl and dog on a cutout Christmas card. circa 1890s

Dollonds military spectacles advertisement, WW1
Advertisement for military spectacles, with specially constructed frames with large round eyes to give the best possible field of vision. Date: 1918

Shortsighted young cricketer is bowled out
A shortsighted young cricketer is bowled out -- the bales are flying off the stumps

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A man with a large parcel, seeking a maternity home in a comic postcard from the 20th century, unintentionally jokes about his own myopia. Meanwhile, Henry's cartoon shows a myopic boy stealing wool to fly a kite, oblivious to the realities of his short-sightedness. In Le Rire's illustration, a woman annoys a Scotsman with her persistent nearsightedness, while a chromolitho print of Myopia depicts a man squinting at a map. A girl and her dog on a cutout Christmas card share a heartwarming moment, but the girl's shortsightedness goes unnoticed. Lastly, a shortsighted young cricketer, featured in an advertisement for Dollonds military spectacles during WW1, learns the hard way that his myopia can't be ignored on the cricket field.