Small Pox / Typhus Fever - This Notice is Posted in Compliance with Law

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Object Details

Description

A doublesided quarantine sign - one side indicates the presence of typhus fever, while the other side indicates the presence of small pox. On the sign is printed:

Small Pox / Typhus Fever - This Notice is Posted in Compliance with Law. "Every person who shall wilfully tear down, remove or deface any notice posted in compliance with law shall be fined not more than seven dollars." --General Statutes of Connecticut, Revision of 1902, Sec, 1173. --Town Health Officer.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

after 1902

ID Number

2005.3080.03

nonaccession number

2005.3080

catalog number

2005.3080.03

Object Name

quarantine sign, typhus, small pox

Measurements

overall: 9 1/4 in x 6 1/4 in; 23.495 cm x 15.875 cm

place made

United States: Connecticut

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The Antibody Initiative

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Antibody Initiative: Infectious Disease, Allergy, and Immunotherapy Collections

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-acbf-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1292349