I Am Vaccinated with Mulford's Vaccine, Are You?
I Am Vaccinated with Mulford's Vaccine, Are You?
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- Description
- Harry K. Mulford, a Philadelphia pharmacist, opened a laboratory to produce diptheria antitoxin in 1894. This celluloid button advertises his patented “aseptic shield” that protected the open sore caused by a small pox vaccination. The text on the front reads "I AM VACCINATED WITH MULFORD’S VACCINE, ARE YOU?" A paper on the back reads “MULFORD’S / VACCINE / ALWAYS / TAKES. / MULFORD’S / ASEPTIC SHIELD / PREVENTS SORE ARMS / W. & H. Co. Patent...'94, April 14... / …"
- Ref: Harry K. Mulford, “Vaccination Shield,” U.S. Patent 703,290 (June 24, 1902).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- button, promotional, vaccination
- Promotional Button
- date made
- ca 1902
- maker
- Whitehead & Hoag Company
- H. K. Mulford Company
- place made
- United States: New Jersey, Newark
- Physical Description
- celluloid (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5/8 in x 1 in x 7/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 2.54 cm x 2.2225 cm
- overall: 2.5 cm; x in
- ID Number
- 2007.0201.01
- catalog number
- 2007.0201.01
- accession number
- 2007.0201
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ramunas Kondratas
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- The Antibody Initiative
- Health & Medicine
- Antibody Initiative: Smallpox
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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