Swaging Press
notes: label: Description
content: An inscription on this swaging press reads “ROACH’S MODEL PRESS / A. C. CLARK & CO. MAKERS / CHICAGO / PATENT APPLIED FOR.” Finis Ewing Roach (1883-1960) was an inventor who served as Professor of Prosthetic Dentistry at the Chicago College of Dental Surgery. Albert Charles Clark established the dental equipment firm, A. C. Clark & Company, in 1895.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Dr. F. E. Roach Dies; Educator in Dentistry,” Chicago Tribune (Feb. 19, 1960), p. 18.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.291116.250
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: catalog number
content: 291116.250
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Tooth Model Press
label: Object Name
content: swagging press
label: Other Terms
content: Tooth Model Press; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 19/32 in x 1 in; x 6.604 cm x 2.54 cm