Chart

Object number2009.18.19 a,b

Manufacturer Stafford Manufacturing Company Inc.

Date1963

OriginBrooklyn, NY

Mediummetal; paper

Credit LineGift of City of Pittsburgh

DescriptionMicro-Hematocrit Tube Reader chart with envelope.Dimensions(a) Width: 4.25; Length: 7.5
(b) W: 4.75 ; L: 8
Marks(a)
Printed on obverse: "CRITOCAP Micro-Hematocrit Tube Reader / STAFFORD MFG. CO. INC. / BROOKLYN 20, N.Y. / STAF CO NO. 1C 00 MADE IN U.S.A."; "DIRECTIONS FOR USE" on left side.
Chart in black and red on bottom half.

(b)
Printed on obverse: "READER CHART TYPE / STOCK NO. 6640-000-0105 / STAFFORD MFG. CO., Inc. / 145-58th ST., BROOKLYN, N.Y. / 1 EACH / DSA 2 4796 / PACKED 7/63".
Historical NotesCollection 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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