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- Black leather bag with four round metal feet, one black leather handle on each side, and a metal buckle on one side. A strap to close the bag has detached and is kept inside. The interior is tan, brown, and yellow plaid, with one pocket. The top opening of the bag and the bottom rim have interior metal support. The bottom has a stamp depicting a "G" and two letters, possibly both "O's". The bag was part of a midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2012.3061.02
- nonaccession number
- 2012.3061
- catalog number
- 2012.3061.02
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- Silver-colored metal tube bearing a tan paper label with red lettering. The 3/5 oz. tube of petroleum jelly was part of a midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- maker
- Chesebrough Manufacturing Company
- ID Number
- 2012.3061.01
- nonaccession number
- 2012.3061
- catalog number
- 2012.3061.01
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- Description
- Brush with wooden handle and attached bristles. This brush was part of a midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY about 1920.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1920
- ID Number
- 2012.0128.01
- accession number
- 2012.0128
- catalog number
- 2012.0128.01
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- White woven cotton gauze, rolled tightly. The edges are slightly frayed. The roll of gauze was found in a midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2012.0128.25
- accession number
- 2012.0128
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- 2012.0128.25
- accession number
- 2012.0128
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- 2012.0128.25
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- A handwritten letter in Italian and English and written in pencil on a piece of yellowed ruled paper. The note was found in a midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY dating from about 1920.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2012.0128.03
- accession number
- 2012.0128
- catalog number
- 2012.0128.03
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- Maier's straight polypus forceps, with catch, and cross-serrated grip measuring 3 centimeters, with a smooth oval interior. Above the screw in the hinge is the KNY-Scheerer Corporation trademark that depicts a Caduceus (professional medical symbol) with a snake in the shape of an S curled around it and a crown above. This instrument is nickel plated and was part of a midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1924
- maker
- Kny-Scheerer
- ID Number
- 2012.0128.18
- accession number
- 2012.0128
- catalog number
- 2012.0128.18
- accession number
- 2012.0128
- catalog number
- 2012.0128.18
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- Cylindrical glass container with screw grooves at neck. White braided tape (carbonized) wound inside protrudes from cork in top of bottle. 20 yards. White paper label with black and red printing. Two large red L's with a dash between surrounded by the outline of a C and O. Paper wrapper surrounds bottle. Umbilical tape was part of a midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- after 1904
- maker
- Lyons-Laeri Company
- ID Number
- 2012.0128.24
- accession number
- 2012.0128
- catalog number
- 2012.0128.24
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- Description
- Maier's straight polypus forceps, with catch, and a cross-serrated grip 3 centimeters long, with a smooth oval interior. Above the screw on the hinge is the KNY-Scheerer Corporation trademark, a Caduceus with a snake in the shape of an S curled around it and a crown above. The instrument is nickel plated and was part of a midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1924
- maker
- Kny-Scheerer
- ID Number
- 2012.0128.19
- accession number
- 2012.0128
- catalog number
- 2012.0128.19
- accession number
- 2012.0128
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- 2012.0128.19
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- White cardboard box with black print containing six 1/2 mil. glass ampoules. Mulford Laboratory brand on bottom left corner of label that reads "For the Conservation of Life." Each glass ampule is packaged in a cardboard tube sealed with a white paper label with black printing. A paper insert is included (filed separately). The Pituitary Extract was in the midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- after 1918
- maker
- H. K. Mulford Company
- ID Number
- 2012.0128.27
- accession number
- 2012.0128
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- 2012.0128.27
- accession number
- 2012.0128
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- 2012.0128.27
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- Small glass thermometer with metal tip and black and red Centigrade scale (35-42 degrees). The thermometer is housed in a red cylindrical case. This thermometer is part of a midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2012.0128.06
- accession number
- 2012.0128
- catalog number
- 2012.0128.06
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- Description
- Black hard rubber pessary with two curves, is slightly smaller in width at one end. The pessary is in a blue textured box with white floral pattern, dark blue print, and scroll text frame. The pessary was part of a midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2012.0128.26
- accession number
- 2012.0128
- catalog number
- 2012.0128.26
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- This white cotton bag with drawstring was probably homemade. It was part of a midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2012.0128.15
- accession number
- 2012.0128
- catalog number
- 2012.0128.15
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- Small metal nail file in a leather cover stored and covered in layers of cotton. This nail file was part of a midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2012.0128.05
- accession number
- 2012.0128
- catalog number
- 2012.0128.05
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- A double articulated vaginal speculum with two folding handles and an adjustment rod. The handle attached to a top retractor has an oval- shaped indentation on its exterior when unfolded. The hinge for this handle is composed of a bar with a bolt on one side. A handle attached to the bottom retractor has ridges on its exterior. An adjustable rod attaches at the same hinge as the bottom handle. Screw ridges are present on the rod with an adjustor. A detached bulb with a side screw opening rests above the adjustor. Retractors are attached to each other with screw hinges. The speculum was part of a midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2012.0128.29
- accession number
- 2012.0128
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- 2012.0128.29
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- White cotton cloth with pockets sewn along the center. The instrument case was probably homemade, and was part of a midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2012.0128.12
- accession number
- 2012.0128
- catalog number
- 2012.0128.12
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- Set of 21 postcards printed in black on tan paper. On the front is the address of the Department of Health, Buffalo. On the reverse is a form with spaces for date, name, address, birth date, midwife name, and midwife address.. The postcards were found in the midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1920
- ID Number
- 2012.0128.16
- accession number
- 2012.0128
- catalog number
- 2012.0128.16
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- Description
- Black uterine irrigator with a slight curve. A tube has one bulbous end with four indentations, each with two holes. the opposite end has two grooves for a hose attachment. The material is most likely hard rubber or a type of hard plastic. The irrigator was part of a midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2012.0128.30
- accession number
- 2012.0128
- catalog number
- 2012.0128.30
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- Strip of white cotton with metal snaps. The belt, probably homemade, was part of a midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2012.0128.14
- accession number
- 2012.0128
- catalog number
- 2012.0128.14
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- Small metal forceps with three locking ridges. Flat, cross-serrated edges measure 1.5 inches, and there is a screw joint. These forceps were part of a midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2012.0128.21
- accession number
- 2012.0128
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- 2012.0128.21
- accession number
- 2012.0128
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- 2012.0128.21
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- Description
- Gold- and silver-colored metal scissors in the shape of a stork. This pair of scissors was part of a midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY about 1920.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2012.0128.02
- accession number
- 2012.0128
- catalog number
- 2012.0128.02
