The Windsor style was introduced in 1880 and remained popular until after the first world war. Characteristics of this style are: round lenses, a nose saddle (no nose pads), and temples that loop behind the ear. Windsors came in silver, roman steel, gold filled, white gold filled, and nickle. Often, the lenses and sometimes the temples were covered with Zylo (celluloid). Common Zylo colors are black, brown, blond, and tortoise shell.
This style was worn by John Lennon, Ernest Hemingway, Groucho Marx, Theodore Roosevelt, William Hurt, Mahatma Gandhi, Joseph Stalin, and of late by David Letterman, and Whoppie Goldberg.

The March 18, 1969 issue of LOOK magazine featured John Lennon and his girl friend Ono on the front cover. Lennon is wearing Windsor eyeglasses. Click here to see an image of that magazine cover......LOOK magazine

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