On May 7, 1937 Bausch & Lomb officially took out the patent on the Ray Ban aviator sunglass.
The first sunglass to incorporate an anti-glare lens, the metal frame was extremely lightweight and made from gold-plated metal with two green lenses that filtered out UV rays.
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