Hypodermic Needle Set
name: label: maker
content: MacGregor Instrument Company
notes: label: Description
content: The inscription on this cardboard box reads, in part: “TRADE VIM MARK / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. / ONE DOZEN / FIRTH-BREARLEY / STAINLESS STEEL / HYPODERMIC NEEDLES / MC GREGOR INSTRUMENT CO. / NEEDHAM, MASS. U.S.A.”
label: Description
content: John MacGregor (1877-1857) was a native of Scotland who emigrated to the United States at a young age, established the MacGregor Instrument Co. in Boston in 1914, and introduced the VIM trade mark soon thereafter. The firm relocated to Needham soon thereafter.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Needham
label: associated place
content: United States: Louisiana, Saint Martinville
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Fournet Drugstore Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0475.816
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0475.816
label: accession number
content: 1985.0475
label: accession number
content: 1985.0475
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Needle
label: Object Name
content: needle set
label: Object Name
content: syringe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 cm x 7.2 cm x 5.5 cm; 3/8 in x 2 13/16 in x 2 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 3/8 in; 5.3975 cm x 7.3025 cm x .9525 cm