Electric Sterilizer
name: label: maker
content: William Boekel & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Electric sterilizer with a “Boekel” inscription on the front. William Boekel (1825-1906) was a German mechanic who moved to the United States, and established William Boekel & Co. in Philadelphia in 1868. Following his death in 1906, his nephew, Julius Boekel, took charge of the firm. The firm was incorporated in 1932, and now trades as Boekel Scientific.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Antibody Initiative: New York City Public Health Collections
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0184.051
label: accession number
content: 2017.0184
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0184.051
label: serial number
content: 3280
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sterilizer
label: Object Name
content: public health
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 cm x 15 cm x 13 cm; 13 3/8 in x 5 29/32 in x 5 1/8 in