Fragment

Object number2009.18.18 a,b

Datec. 1955

OriginMadison, WI

Mediummetal

Credit LineGift of City of Pittsburgh

DescriptionTwo metal medical machine fragments.Dimensions(a) Height: 15.125 ; Width: 3.875 ; Depth: 1.875
(b) H: 15.375 ; W: 4 ; D: 1.75
Historical NotesTwo metal rods, most likely belonging to the suction machine (2009.18.23). From a collection of Civilian Defense Emergency Medical Supplies from a Civilian Defense Mobile Hospital in Pittsburgh. These 200-bed emergency hospitals were set up at designated sites around the country in case of a nuclear war in the 1950s.

Related institution Civilian Defense Mobile Hospital

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