Hazel Bishop Porcelain Glaze Red Carnation

Description:

This object is one of over 700 medically related objects used on the set of the television show M*A*S*H. Most of these items are authentic medical instruments, supplies, and equipment from the 1950s.

M*A*S*H was an award-winning television show based on the bestselling novel and Oscar winning motion picture film of the same title. It portrayed the lives of doctors and nurses assigned to a fictitious medical unit, the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, based in Uijeongbu, Korea during the 1950-1953 war. The program was initially broadcast from September 17, 1972 to February 28, 1983.

After the show ended in 1983, Twentieth Century Fox donated material from the two major sets, the “Swamp” and the “Operating Theater,” to the museum, along with scripts, photographs, and interviews with individuals who served in MASH units in Korea and Vietnam. See accessions 1983.0095, 1985.0335, 1988.0748, 1988.3163, and archival collection NMAH.AC.0117, for further MASH material.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New Jersey, Kenilworth

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine, Health & Medicine, M*A*S*H Television Series, Beauty and Health, Beauty and Hygiene Products: Make-up

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Credit Line: Gift of Twentieth Century Fox

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1985.0252.446Catalog Number: 1985.0252.446Accession Number: 1985.0252

Object Name: cosmeticnail polish

Measurements: overall: 3 3/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 8.5725 cm x 2.8575 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-dfbd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1448936

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