Hearing Aid
date: label: date made
content: mid 19th century
name: label: maker
content: F. C. Rein & Son
notes: label: Description
content: Patented silver ear trumpet made by F. C. Rein & Son, 108 The Strand, London, England. Frederick Charles Rein (ca. 1812-1896) was born in Leipzig, moved to London in the 1830s, opened an acoustic instrument shop on the Strand which he termed “Paradise for the Deaf,” and won a prize medal, the first of many, at the London Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851. The firm became C. Rein & Son Rein in 1867 and remained in business until the early 1960s. This ear trumpet belonged to James A. Bayard, Jr. (1799-1880), a conservative lawyer who served as a Senator from Delaware.
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London, City of London
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
label: Exhibition
content: Object Project
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. E. Paul duPont
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-11151
label: accession number
content: 259203
label: catalog number
content: M-11151
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hearing Aid
label: Object Name
content: hearing aid, ear trumpet
label: Other Terms
content: Hearing Aid; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 2 5/8 in; 11.43 cm x 8.89 cm x 6.6675 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 9.525 cm x 6.35 cm