Electrotherapeutic Apparatus
Electrotherapeutic Apparatus
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- Description
- An inscription on the dial of this apparatus reads in part “MC INTOSH NO. 5000 / PORTABLE WALL PLATE / MANUFACTURED BY / MCINTOSH ELECTRICAL CORPORATION / CHICAGO, ILL. U.S.A. / NO. xxxx.” The McIntosh Electrical Corporation of Chicago, the successor to the McIntosh Battery & Optical Co., was in business in the 1920s.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Wall Plate
- electrotherapeutic apparatus
- wall plate
- Other Terms
- Wall Plate; Electrotherapy Apparatus
- place made
- United States: Illinois, Chicago
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- fabric (overall material)
- black (overall color)
- white (overall color)
- green (overall color)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 25.7 cm x 38 cm x 24.2 cm; 10 1/8 in x 14 15/16 in x 9 1/2 in
- ID Number
- 1992.0207.01
- catalog number
- 1992.0207.01
- accession number
- 1992.0207
- Credit Line
- from Robert M Vogel
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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