Dental Impression Tray
notes: label: Description
content: An inscription on the metal tray reads “DR. HARPER’S / ADJUSTABLE TRAY / PAT. NO. 2,171,695.” That on the cardboard box reads in part “CLIMAX DENTAL SUPPLY COMPANY INC.” This firm was established ca. 1890 and, in time, had depots and laboratories in Philadelphia, Scranton, and Wilkes Barre.
label: Description
content: Ref: Robert N. Harper, “Method and Apparatus for Procuring Impressions of the Surfaces of the Anterior Teeth for Dental Work,” U.S. Patent 2,171,695 (Sept. 5, 1939).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. James E. Aiguier
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.260892.039
label: accession number
content: 260892
label: catalog number
content: 260892.039
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bite tray
label: Object Name
content: dental instrument
label: Other Terms
content: Dentistry
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: box: 1 1/8 in x 3 5/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 2.8575 cm x 9.2075 cm x 6.35 cm
label: Measurements
content: bite tray: 1 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 7/8 in; 2.54 cm x 6.985 cm x 4.7625 cm