Sterilizer
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1950
name: label: maker
content: Pelton & Crane
notes: label: Description
content: Dental sterilizer from the office of Robert E. Smith, Jr. (1919-1983), a graduate of Howard University who served with the U.S. Army during World War II, earned a dental degree from Howard, established a dental practice in Washington, D.C., and taught oral surgery at Howard. His wife Cordelia, a registered nurse, was the daughter of Hartford Burwell, a prominent Black surgeon.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Robert Smith Jr., 64, Washington Dentist,” Washington Post (Jan. 26, 1983), p. C6.
label: Description
content: “Dr. Hartford Burwell, 93, Surgeon at Freedman’s,” Washington Post (Nov. 17, 1978), p. B8.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: user
content: African American
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of D.C. Coalition for the Homeless
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0644.02
label: accession number
content: 1986.0644
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0644.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sterilizer, instrument
label: Other Terms
content: Sterilizer; Sterilizer, instrument; Dentistry