City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
ID Number
2017.0184.059
accession number
2017.0184
catalog number
2017.0184.059
Description
Glass and metal syringe with a “GERMANY” inscription on the plunger. This resembles the “Rekordspritze” introduced in 1906 by the Berlin instrument maker, Dewitt & Herz.
City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
ID Number
2017.0184.052
accession number
2017.0184
catalog number
2017.0184.052
Description
5 c.c. glass and steel syringe with a “BOSTON INST. MFG. CO.” inscription on the plunger, and “MADE IN USA” on the tube. That on the red cardboard box reads “JK RECORD SYRINGE With LUER tip / MADE IN U.S.A.” This is an American copy of the “Rekordspritze” introduced in 1906 by the Berlin instrument maker, Dewitt & Herz. The Luer tip enables a needle to be twisted and locked into place, thereby providing a secure connection.
City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
ID Number
2017.0184.061
accession number
2017.0184
catalog number
2017.0184.061
Description
Metal and glass hypodermic syringe with a “DEWITT & HERZ, INC. GERMANY” inscription on the side of the plunger; and “RECORD / D & H” on the end of the plunger. Dewitt & Herz, an instrument firm in Berlin, introduced the form in 1906.
City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
ID Number
2017.0184.062
accession number
2017.0184
catalog number
2017.0184.062
Description
Glass syringe with steel fittings, in a cardboard box with a “JK RECORD SYRINGE / MADE IN U.S.A.” inscription. This is an American copy of the “Rekordspritze” introduced in 1906 by the Berlin instrument maker, Dewitt & Herz.
City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
ID Number
2017.0184.053
accession number
2017.0184
catalog number
2017.0184.053
Description
Glass and metal syringe with a 10 cc. capacity, in a red cardboard box with a “BOSTON / RECORD / HYPODERMIC SYRINGE / MADE IN U.S.A.” inscription. This is an American copy of the “Rekordspritze” introduced in 1906 by the Berlin instrument maker, Dewitt & Herz.
City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
ID Number
2017.0184.060
accession number
2017.0184
catalog number
2017.0184.060
Description
Steel and glass syringe in a red cardboard box inscribed in part “BOSTON / RECORD / HYPODERMIC SYRINGE / MADE IN U.S.A.” This is an American copy of the “Rekordspritze” introduced in 1906 by the Berlin instrument maker, Dewitt & Herz.
City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
ID Number
2017.0184.058
accession number
2017.0184
catalog number
2017.0184.058
Description
Glass and metal hypodermic syringe with an “IDEAL / CITY OF NEW YORK” inscription on the side, and a “487” serial number. The “EAST RUTHERFORD SYRINGES” inscription on the box refers a New Jersey firm that built a factory in the early 1930s, and that acquired a new facility in 1955, primarily for distributing syringes for the new Salk polio vaccine.
City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
ID Number
2017.0184.057
accession number
2017.0184
catalog number
2017.0184.057
Description
Glass hypodermic syringe with an “IDEAL / CITY OF NEW YORK” inscription on the side, and “PROPERTY CITY OF NEW YORK” and a “8792” serial number. The capacity is 2 cc. The “EAST RUTHERFORD SYRINGES” inscription on the box refers a New Jersey firm that built a factory in the early 1930s, and that acquired a new facility in 1955, primarily for distributing syringes for the new Salk polio vaccine.