Description
Three color 5 1/4″ x 13 1/2″ ad for Solarex Scientific Sun Glasses with a picture of actor Cornel Wilde lifting his glasses up a bit to see better. The headline claims that “A man can Count On Solarex Scientific Sun Glasses” and the caption mentions his new movie The Homestretch. The text mentions that the style he is seen wearing is the SS-46 and claims that this brand is able to change “bright sunlight into Soft Restful Twilight”. The promise that wearing these will filter at least 94% of the sun’s Irritation Infra-red (heat) Rays and Ultra-violet (sunburn) Rays”.
Source: June 30, 1947 Life magazine.
