https://lauralisscott.com/tags/public-domain-review/ Recent content in public-domain-review on Laura Lis Scott https://lauralisscott.com/images/lls_icon.png https://lauralisscott.com/images/lls_icon.png Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Thu, 07 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://lauralisscott.com/blog/2019-03-07-designing-multicultural-eye-examination-chart/ Thu, 07 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://lauralisscott.com/blog/2019-03-07-designing-multicultural-eye-examination-chart/ 112 years ago, optometry was a growing profession. In diverse cities like San Francisco, however, the eye chart commonplace in western countries today could not suffice. Enter George Mayerle’s multilingual eye examination chart. George Mayerle’s Vision Test Chart (ca. 1907). Via Public Domain Review Public Domain Review writes: The chart was a culmination of his many years of practice and, according to Mayerle, its distinctive international angle served also to reflect the diversity and immigration which lay at the heart of the city in which he worked.