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Mirror finished, wall calendar in background in John Brashear's Pittsburgh optical shop
A picture of the figured mirror in Brashear's workshop. The calendar shows the month as November, 1915. We don't know if this is the month the image was taken.
Mirror, finished surface in John Brashear's Pittsburgh optical shop, different view
A picture of the more or less completed mirror in Brashear's workshop
Mirror, finished surface in John Brashear's Pittsburgh optical shop
A picture of the more or less completed mirror in Brashear's workshop
Mirror being ground in John Brashear's Pittsburgh optical shop
A picture of the partially figured mirror on the grinding stand. The surface is much smoother than that of the raw mirror blank
Mirror tooling in John Brashear's Pittsburgh optical shop
A good picture of Brashear's workshop with apparatus and tools
Mirror blank set up on grinding table, with John Brashear in his Pittsburgh optical shop
A picure of the mirror blank set up on the grinding table in Brashear's Pittsburgh workshop. Brashear appears ready for work, wearing his apron and a peaked cap.
Mirror blank with John Brashear in his Pittsburgh optical shop
A picture of the mirror blank in John Brashear's workshop before work started on figuring and polishing it to the correct shape. The mirror blank was shipped from Belgium just a few days before the start of WW I. John A. Brashear is resting his arm…
Mirror blank at John Brashear's optical shop in Pittsburgh, part of shop visible
A picture of the mirror blank in John Brashear's workshop before work started on figuring and polishing it to the correct shape. The mirror blank was shipped from Belgium just a few days before the start of WW I.
Mirror blank at John Brashear's optical shop in Pittsburgh,
A picture of the mirror blank in John Brashear's workshop before work started on figuring and polishing it to the correct shape. The mirror blank was shipped from Belgium just a few days before the start of WW I.