Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Dental
Classification
Dental
Accession Number
010020115 a-d
Description
Set of dental stereoscopic photographs with stereoscopic viewer; viewer (a) consists of two square pieces of brown wood with round clear glass inserts in middle; wood pieces have curved cut-out sections at inside edges so viewer can be placed on nose; wooden pieces attached at top to two black meta…
Set of dental stereoscopic photographs with stereoscopic viewer; viewer (a) consists of two square pieces of brown wood with round clear glass inserts in middle; wood pieces have curved cut-out sections at inside edges so viewer can be placed on nose; wooden pieces attached at top to two black metal strips via silver metal screws; two black and white square photographs with curved tops glued to rectangular pink cardboard (b) feature large woman pulling on a long string attached to the tooth of a young boy, who is lying on a kitchen floor with his mouth open and one leg braced in an upside down chair; rectangular piece of beige cardboard (c) has a photograph printed twice on front featuring a man reclined in a dentist's chair, spittoon beside him, foot drill visible to his right, with a dentist performing a procedure on one of his teeth; two black and white square photographs glued to rectangular beige cardboard (d) feature a man with a pipe in his mouth administering gas to a man reclining on a chair in what looks to be a dentist's office; a younger man stands in the centre of the photograph holding a glass bottle and smiling.
Number Of Parts
4
Part Names
a - viewer - Size: Length 12.0 cm x Width 5.4 cm x Depth 1.5 cm
b - photograph - Size: Length 17.9 cm x Width 8.8 cm x Depth 0.1 cm
c - photograph - Size: Length 17.6 cm x Width 8.8 cm x Depth 0.1 cm
d - photograph - Size: Length 17.7 cm x Width 8.7 cm x Depth 0.1 cm
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
(b) Printed on front: "JAMES M. DAVIS, New York City, St. Louis, Mo. // 11933 Domestic dentistry // Copyright 1897 by B. W. Kilburn."; printed on back: "Photographed and Published by // B. W. Kilburn, = Littleton, N.H.,"; (c) printed on front: "Comic and Children Series // No. 42. Oh! What a Tooth!"; (d) printed on photograph: "76 Giving Gas."
Permanent Location
(a): Storage Room 0010
0010-C7-1
(b, c, d): Storage Room 2005
2005-2-5 Box 21
Condition Remarks
Edges worn on photographs; (b, d) are curled; fold mark at top right corner of (c)
Copy Type
Original
Research Facts
Dr Ralph and Mrs Olga Crawford donated their extensive Canadian dental collection to the DCF to create the museum in 1997; further donations were received while Dr Crawford was Curator Emeritus at the Dental Canada Museum until its closure in 2008