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First aid kit in aluminium case, used by Rear Admiral R.E. Byrd

Made:
1928-1930 in United States
maker:
Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited
Nine safety pins, seven of which are pinned to cardboard display strip, one is loose, and another stuck to the base of First aid kit in aluminium case in canvas satchel (not pictured), used by Rear Admiral R.E. Byrd on exploration flight
Nine safety pins, seven of which are pinned to cardboard display strip, one is loose, and another stuck to the base of First aid kit in aluminium case in canvas satchel (not pictured), used by Rear Admiral R.E. Byrd on exploration flight

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Nine safety pins, seven of which are pinned to cardboard display strip, one is loose, and another stuck to the base of
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.

First aid kit in aluminium case in canvas satchel (not pictured), used by Rear Admiral R.E. Byrd on exploration flight
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.

First aid kit in aluminium case, used by Rear Admiral R.E. Byrd on exploration flight to the Antarctic, 1930, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1928-1930

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A700009/1
type:
first aid kit
credit:
Loan, Wellcome Trust

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