Nalgene Bottle

Description:

This 64 oz capacity, blow-molded plastic bottle was used by Connaught Labs in Toronto and is of the sort used to store Salk and Sabine polio vaccine concentates. The inscription on the blue plastic screw cap reads “NALGENE / ½ GALLON.” Plastic bottles of this sort were introduced to market in 1965. They were less likely to break than glass bottles, and so lowered cost of vaccines and medicines.

Date Made: ca 1960s

Maker: Nalge Sybron Corporation

Location: Currently not on view

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Chemistry, The Antibody Initiative, Health & Medicine, Antibody Initiative: Polio

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Credit Line: Gift of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1989.0452.04Catalog Number: 1989.0452.04Accession Number: 1989.0452

Object Name: bottle, storage, vaccines

Physical Description: plastic, teflon fep (overall material)Measurements: overall: 24.7 cm x 10.8 cm; 9 3/4 in x 4 1/4 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-6a55-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_332430

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