Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
Classification
Dental
Accession Number
010020330 a-b
Description
Empty dental x-ray film container; grey and silver metal rectangular box (a) and lid (b) with rounded corners, enamelled in orange and blue; product and manufacturer's information printed on top of lid and bottom of box; sides of box with white semi-circle with rays coming out of it.
Empty dental x-ray film container; grey and silver metal rectangular box (a) and lid (b) with rounded corners, enamelled in orange and blue; product and manufacturer's information printed on top of lid and bottom of box; sides of box with white semi-circle with rays coming out of it.
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - box - Size: Length 7.1 cm x Width 4.6 cm x Depth 3.5 cm
b - lid - Size: Length 7.2 cm x Width 4.7 cm x Depth 0.8 cm
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
(a) Printed on bottom: "VICTOR-BOLIN // DENTAL X-RAY FILMS // LIGHTNING // GENERAL ELECTRIC // X-RAY CORPORATION // CHICAGO BRANCHES IN PRINCIPAL CITIES U.S.A. // FORMERLY VICTOR X-RAY CORPORATION // MADE IN U.S.A. PAT. NO. 1537925"; (b) printed on top: "VICTOR-BOLIN // DENTAL X-RAY FILMS // LIGHTNING // GENERAL ELECTRIC // X-RAY CORPORATION // CHICAGO BRANCHES IN PRINCIPAL CITIES U.S.A. // FORMERLY VICTOR X-RAY CORPORATION // MADE IN U.S.A. PAT. NO. 1537925"
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.
This item was donated by Dr. Ralph Crawford from Winnipeg, Manitoba; the Victor Electric Corporation began making x-ray machines in 1896; they became the Victor X-Ray Corporation in 1920, were acquired by General Electric in 1926, and by 1930 the company was renamed the General Electric X-Ray Corporation; the x-ray film design was filed in 1922 and patented in 1925