This case for surgical instruments belonged to William Hallock Park (1863-1939), a physician, specialist in the field of antitoxins, and director of the Bureau of Laboratories of the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Ref: “DR. W. H. PARK DIES, HEALTH AUTHORITY,” New York Times (April 7, 1939), p. 21.
Wade W. Oliver, The Man Who Lived for Tomorrow: The Biography of William Hallock Park, M.D. (New York, 1942).