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First Aid Kit

Dateprobably 1940-1950

MediumMetal, cardboard, cloth, paint

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width x depth of box): 5 1/4 × 8 × 2 3/4in. (13.3 × 20.3 × 7cm) Component (height x wdith x depth of bandage boxes): 2 1/2 × 4 × 5/8in. (6.4 × 10.2 × 1.6cm)

ClassificationsEquipment

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number2015.119.2.1-7

DescriptionWhite metal box with hinged lid, two clasps and a bale handle, stenciled on the cover with "Reliance Fire Eqpt./666 0163/Newington, Conn." A rubber gasket is around the inside rim of the lid, and in the center of the lid is affixed a paper with printed first aid instructions. Inside the metal box are six cardboard boxes each containing a different type of bandage packed by Welsh Manufacturing Company, Providence, R.I. The boxes contain sterilized bandages in various sizes, an eye dressing packet, Merthiolate swabs, a gauze bandage, and a triangular bandage.

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Not on view