Death Dust
date: label: Date made
content: c. 1900
name: label: maker
content: A. C. Meyer and Company
notes: label: Description
content: An inscription on this metal can reads in part “DEATH DUST” and “A. C. MEYER & CO. / BALTIMORE, MD.” Adolph Carl Meyer (1852-1914) was born in Bremen, emigrated to the United States in 1869, and settled in Baltimore. In 1877, after having spent several years working in pharmacies, he established A. C. Meyer & Co., offering supplies for druggists and grocers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ben Posen
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.0050.20
label: accession number
content: 2004.0050
label: catalog number
content: 2004.0050.20
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Insecticide
label: Object Name
content: pesticide
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6.2 cm x 4.6 cm x 4.6 cm; 2 7/16 in x 1 13/16 in x 1 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/8 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 6.0325 cm x 4.445 cm x 4.445 cm