Case for Gastroscope
date: label: date made
content: 1957 - 1958
name: label: maker
content: American Cytoscope Makers, Inc. Wappler
notes: label: Description
content: Wooden case with an “AMERICAN CYSTOSCOPE MAKERS INC. / NEW YORK, NY. / DESIGNERS AND SOLE PRODUCERS OF WAPPLER AND AMCI INSTRUMENTS...” inscription. Reinhold H. Wappler established the American Cytoscope Co. in 1903; this in time became American Cytoscope Makers, Inc.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: associated subject
content: Endoscopy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Lawrence E. Curtiss, Basil I. Hirschowitz, M.D., and Mary Jo B. Peters in memory of C. Wilbur Peters
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0568.01.01
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0568.01.01
label: accession number
content: 1989.0568
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Case
label: Object Name
content: gastroscope set
label: Object Name
content: case
label: Other Terms
content: Case; Endoscopy; Accessory; Case
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, walnut (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, felt (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.3 cm x 42.5 cm x 37.5 cm; 2 7/8 in x 16 3/4 in x 14 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 16 3/4 in x 5 3/8 in; 7.62 cm x 42.545 cm x 13.6525 cm