Slide, Microscope
Object number2021.54.1 a-p
Date1944
OriginEvanston, IL
MediumPaperboard; Adhesive tape; Glass; Paper; Adhesive; Ink; Biological sample
Credit LineGift of UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
DescriptionFolder containing fifteen (15) microscope slides. Each rectangular glass slide has pink biological sample on the right end and white label on the left end with handwritten notations in black ink. Each slide has clear layer over the right two-thirds of the slide covering the sample.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a - closed): 13.375 × 7.5 × 0.375 in. (34 × 19.1 × 1 cm)Height x Width x Depth (a - open): 13.375 × 15.25 × 0.25 in. (34 × 38.7 × 0.6 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (b-p): 1 × 3 × 0.063 in. (2.5 × 7.6 × 0.2 cm)
Inscriptions(a)
Front has black printed text on left-hand leaf "INDEX / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10".
Front has black printed text on right-hand leaf "INDEX / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / PROPERTY OF".
Front has handwritten text in top left area: in black ink "A-90-23"; above this is illegible handwritten text.
Front has handwritten text in top right corner in blue ink "Bennet".
Front has sticker on the "1" space in the Index with handwritten text in red ink "A70-178".
Front has handwritten text below the "10" space in the Index in blue ink "16 / 15".
Interior of left-hand leaf has handwritten numerical notations in black ink in the bottom area.
Interior has black printed numbers vertically between the two columns of slides "1 / 11 / 2 / 12 / 3 / 13 / 4 / 14 / 5 / 15 / 6 / 16 . 7 / 17 / 8 / 18 / 9 / 19 / 10 / 20".
(b) Slide has handwritten text in black ink on the white label on the left end "CHS44-177 / 1A / H+E".
(c) Slide has handwritten text in black ink on the white label on the left end "CHS44-177 / 1B / H+E".
(d) Slide has handwritten text in black ink on the white label on the left end "CHS44-177 / 1C / H+E".
(e) Slide has handwritten text in black ink on the white label on the left end "CHS44-177 / 1D / H+E".
(f) Slide has handwritten text in black ink on the white label on the left end "CHS44-177 / 1E / H+E".
(g) Slide has handwritten text in black ink on the white label on the left end "CHS44-177 / 1G / H+E".
(h) Slide has handwritten text in black ink on the white label on the left end "CHS44-177 / 1F / H+E".
(i) Slide has handwritten text in black ink on the white label on the left end "CHS44-177 / 1H / H+E".
(j) Slide has handwritten text in black ink on the white label on the left end "CHS44-154 / 1A / H+E".
(k) Slide has handwritten text in black ink on the white label on the left end "CHS44-151 / 1A / H+E".
(l) Slide has handwritten text in black ink on the white label on the left end "CHS44-176 1A".
(m) Slide has handwritten text in black ink on the white label on the left end "CHS44-173 1D / Zenkers".
(n) Slide has handwritten text in black ink on the white label on the left end "CHS44-173 1C / Zenkers".
(o) Slide has handwritten text in black ink on the white label on the left end "CHS44-173 1B".
(p) Slide has handwritten text in black ink on the white label on the left end "CHS44-173 1A".
Marks(a)
Front has black printed text in bottom left corner "s/p / M6305 / POP-UP / SLIDE HOLDER / scientific products / DIVISION OF AMERICAN HOSPITAL SUPPLY CORPORATION / GENERAL OFFICES EVANSTON, ILLINOIS 60201".
Historical NotesThese slides are reproduced from a sample from one of Dr. Maud Menten’s cases.
Related person
Maud Leonora Menten MD
(1879 - 1960)
Related institution
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Terms
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