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Object number2009.108.5

Manufacturer The Nega-File Company, Incorporated

Date1950-1959

OriginFurlong, PA

Mediummetal; wood; paper

Credit LineGift of Murray Sachs

Description35mm wooden slide case.Dimensions10.5 x 2.75 x 9 in. (26.7 x 7 x 22.9 cm)
InscriptionsBlack plastic label with white embossed letters, "R.C. GRAUER M.D."

Inside top has paper insert with black print of a chart with numbers 1-100 (for labeling slides). Slits for slides are each numbered (corresponds with chart on top half).
MarksInside top has paper insert with black print at bottom right of chart, "THE NEGA-FILE CO., INC., FURLONG, PA."
Historical NotesCase that contained teaching slides of Dr. Robert Grauer, the chief pathologist at Allegheny General. Part of a collection of items related to Murray Sachs' (the donor's) training and career in medicine, as well as objects collected by the donor and displayed in his office at Shadyside Hospital. These objects document the donor's personal life, his career in medicine, Pittsburgh's health care history, and also the doctor's personal collection of medical artifacts.

Collector Murray Sachs

Previous owner Dr. Robert C. Grauer

Related institution Shadyside Hospital

Related institution Allegheny General Hospital

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