Smallpox Vaccination Shield

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Various vaccination objects from the Medicine Collections
From the online exhibition 'Whatever Happened to Polio?'

Object Details

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Michael R. Harris

ID Number

1981.0170.112

catalog number

1981.0170.112

accession number

1981.0170

Object Name

biological

vaccination, shield, smallpox

Physical Description

cloth (overall material)

metal (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 3/4 in x 2 5/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 1.905 cm x 6.6675 cm x 6.35 cm

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

The Antibody Initiative

Health & Medicine

Antibody Initiative: Smallpox

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-e296-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1446600