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Dr. Wood's Vaccination Shield

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    Object Details

    maker

    Johnson and Johnson

    Description

    An inscription on the cardboard package reads in part “DR. WOOD’S / VACCINATION SHIELD” and “Manufactured by Johnson & Johnson / NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., U.S.A.” Johnson & Johnson was established in 1886, and offering vaccination of shields of this sort by 1902.
    Ref: Fuller & Fuller Co., Drugs, Chemicals, Oils (Chicago, 1906-1907), p. 376.

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Credit Line

    Gift of Miss E. P. Custis

    date made

    ca 1902 - 1911

    ID Number

    MG.M-06942.01

    catalog number

    M-06942.01

    accession number

    214851

    catalog number

    214851.50 DUP 1

    Object Name

    vaccination shield
    biological

    Physical Description

    celluloid (shield material)
    fabric (shield material)
    paper (packaging material)

    Measurements

    overall: 1/2 in x 4 3/8 in x 2 3/4 in; 1.27 cm x 11.1125 cm x 6.985 cm

    place made

    United States: New Jersey, New Brunswick

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    Medicine and Science: Medicine
    Health & Medicine
    The Antibody Initiative
    Antibody Initiative: Smallpox

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-a323-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_1413872

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    Eradicating Smallpox

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