First aid kit used on US Army air service world flight in 19

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First aid kit used on US Army air service world flight in 19. Science Museum, London. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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‘Tabloid’ brand first aid kits made by Burroughs, Wellcome & Co were given to explorers and influential people packed with the company’s products of the day in a shrewd attempt to promote the product. This case was given to one of the four two-man crews on the first circumnavigation of the globe by air by the US Army Air Service World Flight in 1924. The case was presented back to Burroughs, Wellcome & Co and signed as a memento by the six airmen in the successful Boston, Chicago and Seattle planes. The trip took an incredible 175 days. maker: Burroughs Wellcome and Company Place made: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

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