M0008664: Display of Burroughs Wellcome & Co "Tabloid" equipment

Previous title, replaced September 2020: Relic tabloid medicine cases - Travel etc.

Reproduction of a photograph of a display at the Century of Progress Exposition (also known as the Chicago World's Fair), 1934 of "tabloid" medicine cases carried by 1. Harry de Windt 2. President Roosevelt 3. Lionel Decle 4. Mrs Bishop 5. Mrs French-Sheldon 6. Sven Hedin 7. R.L. Jefferson 8. J.E. Bidgett Meakin 9. Juliis Price. The photograph is reproduced in The romance of exploration and emergency first-aid from Stanley to Byrd, New York City [etc.]: Burroughs Wellcome & Co, [1934?]. Related images: M0008663, M0008665

17 June 1942

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.