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- Title
- The eyes are ecumenical.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: PC-31045 THE EYES ARE ECUMENICAL WALNUT CREEK, Cal. -- A Roman Catholic optometrist smiles as he watches hundreds of old eyeglasses, frames and lenses added to a growing pile destined for the Presbyterian Eye Clinic at Taegu, Korea. Head of the project, “Eyes for Korea,” is Dr. George Hurd, far left; helping the campaign, left to right, are Dr. Kan of Oakland, Cal., president of a two-country optometric society; and Mrs. Ross Griffin and Mrs. James Crosby of regional women’s groups. A Presbyterian patient, Mrs. Elsie Exner of Walnut Creek, Cal., started the campaign rolling when she mentioned to Dr. Hurd the need of the Korean eye clinic for old eyeglasses. He enlisted opticians and optometrists over a wide area, and in a short time 15,000 sets of usable, old glasses were contributed. Manufacturers contributed 500 new frames. All are consigned to Dr. Howard Moffett, chief of the Presbyterian Medical Center at Taegu. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AKM-WC-5D-64-W)
- Creator Name(s)
- Montin, Alice. (photographer)
- Date Created
- 1964, May 1964
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Hurd, George Robert., Alameda and Contra Costa Counties Optometric Society (Calif.), Exner, Elsie.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Voluntarism--California--Walnut Creek., Optometrists--California--East Bay., Missions, Medical--Korea (South)--Taegu., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Korea (South)--Taegu.
- Geographic subjects
- California, Walnut Creek., California, East Bay., Korea (South), Taegu., Korea (South), Taegu., Walnut Creek (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--Contra Costa--Walnut Creek
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-31045; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
- Identifier (local)
- RNS-RG1_PC-31045
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:348418