Electrotherapeutic Apparatus
notes: label: Description
content: An inscription on the dial of this apparatus reads in part “MC INTOSH NO. 5000 / PORTABLE WALL PLATE / MANUFACTURED BY / MCINTOSH ELECTRICAL CORPORATION / CHICAGO, ILL. U.S.A. / NO. xxxx.” The McIntosh Electrical Corporation of Chicago, the successor to the McIntosh Battery & Optical Co., was in business in the 1920s.
label: Description
content: At the time of his death, Lyman D. McIntosh (1839-1892) was president of the American College of Dental Surgery in Chicago, senior member of the Mcintosh Battery and Optical Co., and a veteran of the Grand Army of the Republic.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Robert M Vogel
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0207.01
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0207.01
label: accession number
content: 1992.0207
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Wall Plate
label: Object Name
content: electrotherapeutic apparatus
label: Object Name
content: wall plate
label: Other Terms
content: Wall Plate; Electrotherapy Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 25.7 cm x 38 cm x 24.2 cm; 10 1/8 in x 14 15/16 in x 9 1/2 in