WWii aviation googles, history question

[sassnetguy50]

I was scrolling through a military paraphernalia auction and these two lots stumped me.  The first lot is easily dismissed as a mistake, the second lot shows intent.  Was "googles" a slang term eight decades ago or is this nationally recognized auction house, staffed mostly by women, running a gag?

[Cypress Sun]

 

I'm betting that either they don't know how to spell goggles or otto changed it. Maybe both.

[watab kid]

my first look i thought they looked like a braw for kinky buisness .........sorry thats what i saw 

[Wild Eagle]

1 hour ago, watab kid said:

my first look i thought they looked like a braw for kinky buisness .........sorry thats what i saw 

We may be kin.

[watab kid]

glad to know im not alone here 

21 minutes ago, Wild Eagle said:

We may be kin.

 

[sassnetguy50]

5 hours ago, Cypress Sun said:

 

I'm betting that either they don't know how to spell goggles or otto changed it. Maybe both.

Thank you, it should've been obvious.  That is why you don't buy a car made at 5pm Friday.

 

@watab kid @Wild Eagle your brains are playing tricks on you.  Those lenses are 80 years old and not clear, there is no reference scale in the picture, the goggles are upside down.  Flip them over, imagine they are as wide as Ray-Bans, the straight perforated band on your forehead, the lenses more transparent, the frilly trimmed ^ cut seals against the bridge of your nose and your face.  You look bugeyed like a horse with goggles.

[sassnetguy50]

Better yet, I found pictures with scale for you.  A third picture shows the light and dark lenses.

 

 

[sassnetguy50]

There were these made back then.  For women in the factories.

 

[watab kid]

21 hours ago, sassnetguy50 said:

Thank you, it should've been obvious.  That is why you don't buy a car made at 5pm Friday.

 

@watab kid @Wild Eagle your brains are playing tricks on you.  Those lenses are 80 years old and not clear, there is no reference scale in the picture, the goggles are upside down.  Flip them over, imagine they are as wide as Ray-Bans, the straight perforated band on your forehead, the lenses more transparent, the frilly trimmed ^ cut seals against the bridge of your nose and your face.  You look bugeyed like a horse with goggles.

yup , after reflection i remembered but the first impression is where i went , my father didnt have these to my knowledge but he had a flight suite that was thick sheep skin suposed to kep him from frost bilte at high altitude if they lost pressurization , im still pi$$ed he donated it to the local historical society and they sold it out the back door 

[Abilene Slim SASS 81783]

Woulda helped if the website showed the images right side up. Looks like lingerie. But then, this is internet and may just be a prank. 

[watab kid]

could be but a lot of stuff was common once that we no longer think common ,