Object Details
maker
Popper & Sons, Inc.
Description
An inscription on the cardboard box reads in part “Perfectum / A / Vital Link / in the / Nation’s / Health” and “ONE / INTERCHANGEABLE / TUBERCULIN SYRINGE / manufactured for / popper & sons, inc. new hyde park 11040.” Isidor A. Popper (1886-1974), a Jewish immigrant, established the firm in 1922.
Ref: Isidor A. Popper and William A. Randall, “Hypodermic Needle and Novel Hub for the Same,” U.S. Patent 2,088,338 (July 27, 1937).
“Isidor A. Popper,” New York Times (April 11, 1974), p. 38.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Steven Radoff
ID Number
1993.0014.22
catalog number
1993.0014.22
accession number
1993.0014
Object Name
syringe, tuberculin
Other Terms
Drug Administrator; Hypodermic
Physical Description
plastic (packaging material)
glass (syringe material)
paper (packaging material)
Measurements
average spatial: 4 cm x 13.6 cm x 1.8 cm; 1 9/16 in x 5 3/8 in x 11/16 in
box: 1 1/2 in x 5 1/8 in x 3/4 in; 3.81 cm x 13.0175 cm x 1.905 cm
case: 5/8 in x 4 7/8 in x 7/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 12.3825 cm x 2.2225 cm
syringe: 4 1/2 in x 5/8 in; 11.43 cm x 1.5875 cm
place made
United States: New York, New Hyde Park
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1127362