X-Ray Tube
date: label: associated dates
content: 1972
notes: label: Description
content: Cold cathode glass x-ray tube with auto gas regulation (probably asbestos), and “VICTOR / MADE IN BOSTON, U.S.A. / TUNGSTEN” and “6042 / MACALASTER, WIGGIN CO. / 64980” inscriptions. Macalester, Wiggin Co. was established in Boston in 1898, and opened a second facility in Chicago in 1910. In 1916, it became part of the new Victor X-Ray Company in Chicago.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
label: associated place
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.302606.110
label: accession number
content: 302606
label: catalog number
content: 302606.110
objectType: label: Object Name
content: X-Ray Tube
label: Object Name
content: tube, x-ray
label: Other Terms
content: X-Ray Tube; Radiography
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: purple (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27.5 cm x 56.5 cm x 20 cm; 10 13/16 in x 22 1/4 in x 7 7/8 in