This was interesting. Never even thought about shades in the old west.....I spent a year or so in and around Yuma some time ago. Never went anywhere w/o sunglasses....Am wondering if your guardian angel whose voice we heard at the end favors Yoko at all ??
I have several pairs from Tom at Historic Eye Wear Co. I have the blue tint. I get compliments all the time. The ladies at my eye doctor love them. They say they've never seen anything like them. Thanks Tom.
Thanks again Santee & Co. Like that feller wrote , sunglasses are a must at the beach and on the water . I wore Gargoyles when standing lookout and working on deck . I doubt many 19th century sailors could afford sunglasses , but maybe the Officers wore them . It"s been recorded that Navigators eyes would suffer sun damage by looking through sextants to take solar position fixes . This lead to their retiring from that job at a rather young age .
Very interesting video Santee. At 3:25, the first pair of glasses on bottom far right, are Sharpshooter glasses from the War of Northern Aggressison. They are amber, or yellow colored and on each lense, there is a clear circle in the pupil area. It is to help Sharpshooters to aim better. You can see the round clear areas on each lense in the video. In the photo, they appear to be a darker yellow, but are actually clear. There has been some debate to whether they truly are sniper glasses or not. Some say they are of later design. There is a least 2 books that talk about these glasses being sniper glasses and I have seen a pair in, if I remember correctly, the main museum at Gettysburg. I believe they were found on the battlefield.
"Hard Rock" is one of my favorite Brisco County episodes, and the sherriff of the aforementioned town of Hard Rock came up with what he called 'dayglasses' to protect his eyes from bright light.
Even now. when you're unfortunate enough to wear shades to a Civil War reenactment, you'll get at least one joke about having the clap due to syphilis glasses. Cool episode.
These episodes just keep getting better and better. My character Sourdoh wears Historic Eyewear Company Glasses. They are period correct for most reenactment eras, and are well made. Mine do not have tinted lenses however.
Yo Santee, I had no idea about shades back then, but it only makes sense that they had something to cover their eyes, especially in such a harsh working environment. BTW, not too shabby having almost 7K views & 1.1K likes already. Well done, my friend! Cheers...Mush
Were the ones with the wire mesh or screen, side shields authentic to the late 1800s? I often find myself looking at old glasses when I hit the antique shops. Great video Santee!
That's what I thought too. This episode is helpful if I ever get my "persona" together. I wear sunglasses all of the time and want to be able to do that and be historically accurate.
This was so interesting! Thanks for all the hard work you put into these videos. I recommend your channel to a volunteer at the historic site I work at and he loved it! All the videos are so well done. Thanks again hope you're having a great day.
Alright. i didnt know i needed wild west shades, but i _NEED_ a pair of octagonal green sunglasses now. They look so much cooler than my dollar store lenses.
That’s very interesting I didn’t know that they had sunglasses in the old West . I think I’ll start describing clothes and other stuff like that for my book set in the old West 🌟😎💕❤️
Add in some two and three cent coins, The Two Cent bronze (first coin with 'In God We Trust') was minted from 1864 through 1873, the Three Cent silver ('trime') from 1851 - 1873 and the Three Cent Nickel from 1865 - 1889. All were commonly issued as change at Post Offices, along with Fractional Currency notes of five through fifty cents. The Five Cent 'nickel' came out a year later in 1866, though the Half Dime was still minted through 1873.
Dagnabbit Santee! You would have a clip of a movie I've not seen! Now I gotta figure out what Bronson movie that is...(Thanks again for another great bit of Old West history and information!)
@@ArizonaGhostriders ---In the early hippie era, the mid to late '60s, stores sold tinted "Granny Glasses----Shades of the Past." (Much like those shown in your video).
There are a pair of "tinted glasses" in the Mormon Church museum in Salt Lake City that belonged to Brigham Young. It is the only actual pair I've seen in a collection, so I was surprised to realize they had sunglasses in the old West.
Excellent research and showcase. I've wondered about these for a while. I remember Dennis Quaid's Doc Holliday had a very nice pair of tinted glasses in the movie Wyatt Earp.
That one US Cavalryman after he had won a huge victory over the Rebs/Indians US Cavalryman: "I love the smell of Cannon smoke in the morning smells like victory!"
Hold on now. Coffee, facial hair, hip sunglasses? You're one accidental pair of skinny jeans away from becoming that scourge of the Old West: A Hipster! 🤣
Hi Santee I love the things people think off I to had never thought about sunnys in the old days..I've really really sensitive eyes so always wear them or I'm blinded by the light..thanks
In my opinion I think historically accurate shaded spectacles look way cooler than cowboys wearing modern aviator sunglasses you usually see in recent interpretations of cowboys.
