Presentation of Roentgen X-Ray Tube to United States National Museum
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ID: SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B57_F04_002]
Creator: Unknown
Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs
Date: 1956
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 57, Folder 04, Image No. SIA_000095_B57_F04_002
Presentation of Roentgen x-ray tube to United States National Museum by General Electric Company at Washington National Airport, with Major General Dan C. Ogle, Surgeon General, USAF; Major General James Coomey, Deputy Surgeon General, Army; Rear Admiral Bartholomew Hogan, Surgeon General, USN; Dr. Leroy E. Burney, Surgeon General, US; E.E. Ramsaur, Office of German Affairs, State Department; Dr. Eduard Hess, scientific attache for the German Embassy; John E. Graf, assistant secretary of the Smithsonian; Robert L. Lefevre, representative from General Electric Company; and George B. Griffenhagen, curator of medicine and public health, in attendance.
This tube was purchased from a private owner in Germany and presented to the Smithsonian Institution in 1956 by the General Electric Company's X-ray Department of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 57, Folder 04, Image No. SIA_000095_B57_F04_002
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
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SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B57_F04_002]
Gelatin silver prints; 4 x 5;