X-Ray Tube
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1915-1920
label: date made
content: ca. 1915
name: label: maker
content: MacAlaster & Wiggin Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Glass x-ray tube with inscriptions that read “’VICTOR / MADE IN BOSTON, U.S.A. / TUNGSTEN" and “52261” and “MACALASTER, WIGGIN CO." Inscriptions on the target read “Pat. Sept. 5, 1911, Dec. 30, 1913, June 23, 1914, Nov. 30, 1915 / No. 40884.”
label: Description
content: The Macalaster, Wiggin Co. bought the Frey glass blowing operation in 1902. In 1916 it became part of the new Victor X-Ray Corporation.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09277
label: catalog number
content: M-09277
label: accession number
content: 218383
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Tube, X-Ray
label: Other Terms
content: Tube, X-Ray; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/4 in x 20 1/4 in x 11 5/16 in; 15.875 cm x 51.435 cm x 28.702 cm