Hypodermic Syringe Kit
name: label: Associated Name
content: Jackson, Chevalier
label: maker
content: Feick Bros. Company
notes: label: Description
content: George Feick (1855-1923) was a surgical instrument maker from Germany who arrived in the U.S. in 1881 and established a small repair shop in Pittsburgh. By the 1890s, his sons Carl and Edwin having come of age, the firm became the Feick Bros. Company. An inscription on the metal case of this hypodermic syringe set reads “FEICK BROTHERS / PITTSBURGH, PA.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Chevalier Jackson Collection, from Ms. Joan Bugby
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.300428.294
label: catalog number
content: 300428.294
label: accession number
content: 300428
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Syringe Kit
label: Object Name
content: syringe kit
label: Other Terms
content: Syringe Kit; Hypodermic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (vials(4) material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (needles(2) material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (syringe material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/8 in x 1 5/8 in x 3/4 in; 8.5725 cm x 4.1275 cm x 1.905 cm