Presentation of Roentgen X-Ray Tube to United States National Museum

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

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Summary

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.

Subject

  • United States National Museum Division of Medicine and Public Health
  • Graf, J. E (John Enos) 1889-
  • Griffenhagen, George B
  • Washington National Airport
  • General Electric Company

Notes

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.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 57, Folder 04, Image No. SIA_000095_B57_F04_002

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1956
  • August 24, 1956

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  • Copyright Undetermined

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Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B57_F04_002]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints; 4 x 5;

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