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Type of Object
Bag
Date of Manufacture
1930-1960
Physical Details
Black leather nursing bag with two loop handles and a central flap that buckles across the front. Interior flaps snap together, as does the interior lining of the bag. The lining has wide elastic strips on three sides, designed to hold medication and equipment, and there are interior pouches on two of the sides of the bag. A leather pocket on the exterior side of the bag was used for an identification strip.
Dimensions (L x W x H)
19.5 cm. x 30.5 cm. x 15 cm.
Medical Subject
Equipment and Supplies
Accession Number
1996.2.1
Genre
medical equipment
Local Genre
medical artifact
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
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Collection
Medical Artifacts Collection
Source
Original object: Public Health Nurse Bag, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
File Name
mar00170.jpg
Accessibility Note
Content is digitally accessible 2010.