Object Details
maker
Whitehead & Hoag Company
H. K. Mulford Company
Description
Harry K. Mulford, a Philadelphia pharmacist, opened a laboratory to produce diptheria antitoxin in 1894. This celluloid button advertises his patented “aseptic shield” that protected the open sore caused by a small pox vaccination. The text on the front reads "I AM VACCINATED WITH MULFORD’S VACCINE, ARE YOU?" A paper on the back reads “MULFORD’S / VACCINE / ALWAYS / TAKES. / MULFORD’S / ASEPTIC SHIELD / PREVENTS SORE ARMS / W. & H. Co. Patent...'94, April 14... / …"
Ref: Harry K. Mulford, “Vaccination Shield,” U.S. Patent 703,290 (June 24, 1902).
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Ramunas Kondratas
date made
ca 1902
ID Number
2007.0201.01
catalog number
2007.0201.01
accession number
2007.0201
Object Name
button, promotional
advertising, vaccine
Physical Description
celluloid (overall material)
metal (overall material)
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 5/8 in x 1 in x 7/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 2.54 cm x 2.2225 cm
overall: 2.5 cm; x in
place made
United States: New Jersey, Newark
See more items in
Medicine and Science: Medicine
The Antibody Initiative
Health & Medicine
Antibody Initiative: Smallpox
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1332457