Dental Plugger
notes: label: Description
content: Automatic plugger with “B.D.M. Co. / Buffalo, N. Y.” and “Pat. May 16, 1899” inscriptions. The referenced patent was issued to George B. Snow (1835-1923), president of the Buffalo Dental Manufacturing Co. The “Lewis No. 7” inscription probably refers to Theodore G. Lewis (1836-1920), another founder of the firm.
label: Description
content: Ref: George B. Snow, “Dental Plugger,” U.S. Patent 629,621 (July 25, 1899).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-08719
label: catalog number
content: M-08719
label: accession number
content: 218383
objectType: label: Object Name
content: automatic plugger
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 5/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 1.5875 cm x 1.5875 cm x 13.97 cm