Instrument Rack
notes: label: Description
content: The “PAT’D FEB. 26TH 1867” inscription on this instrument rack refers to Ira A. Salmon (1830-1896), a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Dental Surgery who established a practice in Boston.
label: Description
content: Ref: Ira A. Salmon, “Improvement in Dentist’s Tool Racks,” U.S. Patent 62,368 (Feb. 26, 1867); reissue 3832 (Feb. 8, 1870).
label: Description
content: “Obituary: Dr. Ira Salmon,” The Dental Cosmos 38, no. 12 (1896): 1040–1041.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
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.291116.322
label: accession number
content: 291116
label: catalog number
content: 291116.322
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Rack, Instrument
label: Other Terms
content: Rack, Instrument; Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 7 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 1.905 cm x 19.05 cm x 3.81 cm