Field Medicine Case
date: label: Date made
content: c. 1846-1866
label: Date made
content: 1863 or 1864
name: label: user
content: Wolfley, William Irvin
label: maker
content: J.M. Maris & Company
notes: label: Description
content: Leather case with a paper label in the lid that reads in part “FIELD MEDICINE CASE / PATTERN OF J. M. MARIS & CO. PHILADELPHIA.” John McIlvain Maris (1818-1892) was a wholesale druggist in Philadelphia who began in business in 1836. This case belonged to William Irvin Wolfley (1838-1892), a physician who served as a Surgeon with the Union Army during the Civil War.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Elizabeth F. Wolfley, et. al.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-03130.01
label: accession number
content: 116996
label: catalog number
content: M-03130.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drug Case
label: Object Name
content: drug case
label: Object Name
content: medical kit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (box material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/4 in x 6 3/4 in x 13 1/4 in; 18.415 cm x 17.145 cm x 33.655 cm