dental instruments; excavators; cutters
date: label: Date made
content: c. 1850
label: date made
content: ca 1850
name: label: maker
content: L&W
label: maker
content: L & W
notes: label: Description
content: The “L & W” inscription on these instruments refers to Lukens & Whittington Co., a dental instrument firm established in Philadelphia in 1866. The partners were A. R. Lukens (d. 1905) and James E. Whittington.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-08233
label: catalog number
content: M-08233
label: accession number
content: 218383
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dental Instruments (26)
label: Object Name
content: dental instruments
label: Object Name
content: excavators
label: Object Name
content: cutters
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: average: 5 1/2 in x 3/8 in x 1/8 in; 13.97 cm x .9525 cm x .3175 cm