'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A700006
Materials:
case, metal
Measurements:
overall: 197 mm x 257 mm x 140 mm, 2.57kg
type:
medicine chest
credit:
Loan, Wellcome Trust

Parts

Square guetta percha bottle of Aromatic Chalk Powder with Opium

Square guetta percha bottle of Aromatic Chalk Powder with Opium

Guetta percha square black bottle with chamois covering on lid containing Tabloid brand Aromatic Chalk powder with opium tablets. 117 mm x 37 mm x 38 mm, 132g. Manufactured by Burroughs Wellcome & Co., London, early twentieth century.

Materials:
complete , guetta percha , chamois and opium
Object Number:
A700006 Pt1
type:
bottle and opium
Picric acid from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Picric acid from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Cylindrical glass tube with cork stopper containing a yellow substances labelled as 'Picric acid 1 gr', made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co. from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Measurements:
overall: 197 mm x 257 mm x 140 mm, 2.57 kg
Materials:
cork , glass , paper and complete
Object Number:
A700006/2
type:
picric acid
Menthol cones from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Menthol cones from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Menthol cones in glass jar with metal lid from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Measurements:
overall: 197 mm x 257 mm x 140 mm, 2.57 kg
Materials:
incomplete , metal , glass and paper
Object Number:
A700006/3
type:
materia medica
Leather wallet with needles from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Leather wallet with needles from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Leather waller containing 10 straight needles and 4 curved needles from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Materials:
leather and metal
Object Number:
A700006/4
type:
needles
Hazeline cream 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Hazeline cream 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Metal tube of Hazeline Cream, no lid, from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Materials:
metal
Object Number:
A700006/5
type:
tube
Safety pins and pins from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Safety pins and pins from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Flexible plastic capsule containing safety pins and pins from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Materials:
plastic and metal
Object Number:
A700006/6
type:
safety pins
Tube of cream from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Tube of cream from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Tube of cream from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Materials:
case, metal
Object Number:
A700006/7
type:
tube
Laxative vegetable from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Laxative vegetable from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Square black bottle of `Tabloid' brand Laxative Vegetable Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Object Number:
A700006/8
type:
bottle
Salicin from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Salicin from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Square black bottle of salicin, 5 gr., with chamois leather top protector attached with string from`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Object Number:
A700006/9
type:
bottle
Ammonium bromide from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Ammonium bromide from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Square black bottle of ammonium bromide, 5 gr., from`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Object Number:
A700006/10
type:
bottle
Ipecac from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Ipecac from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Square black bottle of ipecac, 5 gr., from`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Object Number:
A700006/11
type:
bottle
Soda mint from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Soda mint from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Square black bottle of soda-mint from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Object Number:
A700006/12
type:
bottle
Tannin from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Tannin from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Cylindrical bottle of tannin, 2.5 gr., from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Object Number:
A700006/13
type:
bottle
Iodoform from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Iodoform from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Cylindrical bottle of 'Tabloid brand' iodoform from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Object Number:
A700006/14
type:
bottle
Iron and arsenic compound from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Iron and arsenic compound from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Cylindrical bottle of 'Tabloid' brand iron and arsenic compound from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Object Number:
A700006/15
type:
medicine chest
Zinc sulphate from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Zinc sulphate from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Cylindrical bottle of zinc sulphate from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Object Number:
A700006/16
type:
medicine chest
Aromatic spirit of ammonia 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Aromatic spirit of ammonia 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Glass vial of aromatic spirit of ammonia in a protective wooden tube from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Materials:
glass , wood and textile
Object Number:
A700006/17
type:
vial
Carron oil from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Carron oil from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Tube of carron oil from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Object Number:
A700006/18
type:
bottle
Calomel from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Calomel from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Cylindrical bottle of calomel, 1 gr., from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Object Number:
A700006/19
type:
bottle
Mustard plasters from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Mustard plasters from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Envelope containing mustard plasters from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Object Number:
A700006/20
type:
mustard plaster
Iodoform from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Iodoform from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Iodoform in paper wrapper from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Object Number:
A700006/21
type:
bottle
Carbolised lint, from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910

Carbolised lint, from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910

Carbolised lint, one ounce, one of two, from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Object Number:
A700006/22
type:
bandage
Carbolised lint from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Carbolised lint from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Carbolised lint, one ounce, one of two, from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Object Number:
A700006/23
type:
bandage
Boric wool from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Boric wool from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Boric wool, one ounce, from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Object Number:
A700006/24
type:
bandage
Cotton wool from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Cotton wool from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Absorbent cotton wool, one ounce, from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Object Number:
A700006/25
type:
cotton wool
Bandage from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Bandage from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Compressed and pleated 6 yard bandage from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Object Number:
A700006/26
type:
bandage
Bandage from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Bandage from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Compressed and pleated 6 yard bandage from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Object Number:
A700006/27
type:
bandage
Cotton wool from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Cotton wool from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Absorbent cottton wool, a quater of an ounce, one of two, from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Object Number:
A700006/28
type:
cotton wool
Cotton wool from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Cotton wool from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Absorbent cottton wool, a quater of an ounce, one of two, from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Object Number:
A700006/29
type:
cotton wool
Suture silk from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Suture silk from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Packet of suture silk from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Object Number:
A700006/30
type:
suture silk
Surgical dressing from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Surgical dressing from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Sealed pleated surgical dressing from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Object Number:
A700006/31
type:
bandage
bandage from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

bandage from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Unwrapped bandage from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Object Number:
A700006/32
type:
bandage
Key for 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Key for 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Key for `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Object Number:
A700006/33
type:
key
'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Metal chest with hinged lid, `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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This `Tabloid' medicine chest was used by Walter Wellman for his attempted Transatlantic balloon flight in 1910.

An explorer and aeronaut, Walter Wellman spoke passionately of his aerial endeavours: "My faith is strong that having demonstrated the practicability of air travel man will go on till he has developed flight in the state of perfection and usefulness not even indicated by the apparatus of today" [New York Times Sunday Magazine 1911]

Materials:
metal
Object Number:
A700006/34
type:
medicine chest
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The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Tablets from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Tablets from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Unidentified tablets from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Object Number:
A700006/35
type:
tablets
Bandage from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Bandage from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Unwrapped bandage from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910. Roll of open-bandage with frayed edges. Made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

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`Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Materials:
textile
Object Number:
A700006/36
type:
bandage