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  Advertisements for Becton Dickinson Medical Center Certified Thermometers and Becton Dickinson Needles

  Advertisement for Becton Dickinson Medical Center Certified Thermometers, with image. [on back] IMPORTANT -- THESE B-D NEEDLES ARE THE ONLY NEEDLES THAT FIT AND LOCK IN LUER-LOK SYRINGES / B-D PRODUCTS -- MADE FOR THE PROFESSION [with images]
  Date: circa 1938
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  Certificate of Examination, B-D Luer-Lok Syringes

  Certificate of Examination for Becton Dickinson Luer-Lok Syringes, dated August 29, 1938 and stamped by inspector 44; suggestions on reverse for sterilizing syringe and for affixing needles [with Becton Dickinson Luer-Lok Syringe in paper box and advertisement]
  Date: 14121
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  Becton Dickinson Luer-Lok Syringe, circa 1938

  Becton Dickinson Luer-Lok Syringe in paper box. [on box label] LUER-LOK POSNER SYRINGE / NO. 3LP / B-D / 3CC / BECTON, DICKINSON, & CO. / RUTHERFORD, N.J. [with stamp] [?]2[?]348 [other side of box] THE PRECISION LINE AND TIP GROOVE ARE COVERED BY U.S. PATENTS NOS. 1,863,785 AND 1,998,982 [with advertisement and Certificate of Examination]
  Date: circa 1938
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  Dental Syringe, patented 1885

  Metal syringe stamped PAT. AUG. 25 1885 [U.S. Patent Number 325,132]; designed by Charles J. Tagliabue and manufactured by Parke, Davis & Co.
  Date: circa 1885
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  NovAmpul Box with Syringes

  Paper box with syringes. [on box] NOVAMPUL SYRINGE / NOVOCOL CHEMICAL MFG. CO., INC. / 2921-2923 ATLANTIC [AVENUE] BROOKLYN, N.Y. / MAKERS OF NOVOL PRODUCTS [with two syringes and needles inside box] [on syringe] CARPULE [name associated with Cook Laboratories]
  Date: circa early twentieth century
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  Novol Procaine-Epinephrin Pressure-Sthesia Billets, early 20th century

  Tube of Novol Procaine-Epinephrin Pressure-Sthesia Billets. [on label] EACH BILLET CONTAINS PROCAINE 0.01 GRAM / EPINEPHRIN 0.00015 GRAM / NOVOCOL CHEM. MFG. CO., INC. / BROOKLYN, N.Y. / 100
  Date: circa early twentieth century
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  Instruction Pamphlet for Syrijet Mark II Needleless Transmucosal Anesthetic Administrator

  Instruction manual for Syrijet Mark II Transmucosal Anesthetic Administrator, by Mizzy, Inc. [on cover] SYRIJET MARK II BY MIZZY, INC. / THE ONLY NEEDLELESS...PAINLESS INJECTOR FOR OPERATIVE AND SURGICAL PROCEDURES [with interleaved paper] IMPORTANT NOTICE / UPON RECEIPT OF THE SYRIJET, BEFORE PLACING IN USE, PRIME THE INSTRUMENT BY FIRING A MINIMUM OF 3 SHOTS OF .2CC VOLUME OF ANESTHETIC. DO NOT STORE SYRIJET IN PLASTIC SHEATH OR IN BOX IN WHICH IT WAS SHIPPED TO YOU [with] LOADING AND UNLOADING PROCEDURE [with Syrijet Mark II in box]
  Date: circa 1970
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  Syrijet Needleless Transmucosal Anesthetic Administrator, circa 1970

  Syrijet Mark II Needleless Transmucosal Anesthetic Administrator, by Mizzy, Inc. [on instrument] SYRIJET MARK II BY MIZZY, INC. / A3241 PAT. PEND. [in box with foam padding and metal wrenches] [on card in box] IMPORTANT NOTICE / SHOULD ANY MALFUNCTION OF THIS INSTRUMENT TAKE PLACE, PLEASE RETURN TO: MIZZY, INC., CLIFTON FORGE, VIRGINIA 24422 / FOR REPAIRS, SERVICE, OR ADJUSTMENTS. [with pamphlet]
  Date: circa 1970
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  Becton-Dickinson Erusto Dental Needles

  B.D. Erusto dental needles in paper box. [on label] ONE DOZEN / GAUGE 23G / NO. [LDNE?] / LENGTH 1.5 [?] / B.D. ERUSTO DENTAL NEEDLES / FIRTH - BREARLEY / MADE OF STAINLESS STEEL / MADE FOR THE PROFESSION / BECTON, DICKINSON & CO. RUTHERFORD N.J. [stamped at left] PAT. NO. 2, 876, 121 [specifications repeated at edge]
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  Cook Laboratories Syringe with Breech Lock Loading, circa 1930

  Cook Laboratories syringe with breech lock loading. [on syringe] MADE BY COOK LAB. INC. NEW YORK / CARPULE
  Date: circa 1930
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  S.S. White Emerald Engine Belt, circa early 20th century

  S.S. White Emerald Engine Belt in paper box. [on box] EMERALD ENGINE BELT / MADE IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / THE S.S. WHITE DENTAL MFG. CO. / PHILADELPHIA / NUMBER 1004 / EMERALD ENGINE BELT / S.S. WHITE TRADE MARKS REG. IN U.S. PAT OFF & ELSEWHERE [on back] IMPORTANT: SHOULD THIS BELT APPEAR SHORT, DRAW IT WITH SOME FORCE OVER A SMOOTH ROUNDED SURFACE TO TAKE OUT THE SHRINKAGE WHICH MAY HAVE OCCURRED WHILE IN STOCK. EMERALD BELTS ARE CAREFULLY WOVEN TO MEASUREMENT. THEY ARE SLIGHTLY ELASTIC AND WILL BE FOUND CORRECT UNDER WORKING CONDITIONS. PATENT NO. 2, 549, 382
  Date: circa early twentieth century
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  Chayes Belt Drive Handpiece, circa mid-20th century

  Chayes belt-driven handpiece. [labelled] CHAYES PAT. NO. 2016766 / MADE IN U.S.A. [numbered 22322 on reverse]
  Date: circa mid-twentieth century
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  S.S. White Early Belt-Driven Handpiece, circa late 19th century

  S.S. White belt-drive handpiece with wooden grip with S.S. White trademark. [on grip] S.S. WHITE DENTAL MFG. CO.
  Date: circa late nineteenth century
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  Chayes Belt-Driven High-Speed Handpiece, ca. 1950s

  Chayes belt-driven high-speed handpiece, 150,000 rpm. [on handpiece] CHAYES P - C ANGLE / MADE IN U.S.A. / PAT. PEND
  Date: circa 1950s
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  Operation and Care of S.S. White Handpiece No. 7 (Chuck) with S.S. White Handpiece No. 7

  Instructions to accompany S.S. White Handpiece No. 7, entitled: OPERATIONS AND CARE OF S.S. WHITE HANDPIECE NO. 7 (CHUCK) [with diagrams; numbered 508 E in upper right corner; Spanish and Portuguese translations inside pamphlet]
  Date: circa early twentieth century
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  Care of Handpieces with S.S. White Handpiece No. 7

  Instructions to accompany S.S. White Handpiece No. 7, entitled: CARE OF HANDPIECES / CLEAN AND LUBRICATE HANDPIECES AND ANGLES EVERY DAY AND YOU WILL GET LONGER AND BETTER SERVICE. [at bottom] PRINTED IN U.S.A. [numbered 1265F] [with diagram; Spanish translation on verso]
  Date: circa early twentieth century
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  S.S. White Handpiece No. 7, circa early 20th century

  S.S. White Handpiece No. 7 in paper box with advertisement and instructions. [on box] S.S. WHITE HANDPIECE NO. 7 / CHROMIUM PLATED / LUBRICATE BEFORE USING / THE S.S. WHITE DENTAL MFG. CO. / PHILADELPHIA, PA. / HANDPIECE NO. 7 / MADE IN U.S.A. [with S.S. White trademark. numbered 02284-D on bottom] [on handpiece] MADE IN U.S.A. [with S.S. White trademark]
  Date: circa early twentieth century
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  Impactor, Engine-Driven Surgical Mallet, Patented 1940

  Impactor engine driven surgical mallet with attachments in wooden holder. [labelled] IMPACTOR / DUDLEY RESEARCH CORP. / NEW YORK NY [Patented by Dudley D. Levy of Mount Vernon, NY, in 1940]
  Date: circa 1940
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  Borden Air Turbine High-Speed Handpiece

  Borden Air Turbine High Speed Handpiece. [on instrument] R / BORDEN AIROTOR / PAT. NO. 2, 945, 299 / CANADA PAT'D. 1961 & 1964 / PATENTS APPLIED FOR / MADE IN U.S.A. [numbered 28360 on back] Originally designed by John Borden in 1957.
  Date: after 1964
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  Universal Toothache Specific

  Glass bottle with cork stopper [on label] UNIVERSAL TOOTHACHE SPECIFIC / ALCOHOL 50% / RELIEVES TOOTHACHE AND NEURALGIA. WILL NOT BLISTER THE MOUTH. NO BAD TASTE AFTER USE. / UNIVERSAL DRUG & CHEMICAL CO. CHICAGO / SATURATE A LITTLE COTTON AND APPLY IN [HOLLOW?] OF THE TOOTH [on bottom of bottle] OWENS 6 5
  Date: circa nineteenth century
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  Modern Dental Elevator

  Dental elevator with textured grip. [on instrument] E34[S?] / HU-FRIEDY / MADE IN U.S.A.
  Date: circa twenty-first century
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  S.S. White Dental Elevator with Wooden Handle

  Dental elevator with wooden handle and forked metal tip. S.S. White emblem engraved in metal.
  Date: circa nineteenth century
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  Gold Foil Condenser with Pellets

  Gold foil condenser with gold foil pellets, used for 24k gold restorations. [on label] COHESIVE 1/40 OUNCE / SIZE ASSORTED / PURE GOLD CYLINDERS / MORGAN HASTINGS & CO. / A DIVISION OF HASTINGS & CO., INC. / PHILADELPHIA 3, PA, U.S.A. / MANUFACTURERS OF FINEST FILLING GOLDS SINCE 1820 [with MH trademark]
  Date: circa mid-twentieth century
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  Baker Alloy-Mercury Gauge, Aristoloy Model

  Baker alloy-mercury gauge, Aristoloy model; used for Amalgam Restorations. [on side] BAKER ALLOY / ARISTOLOY MODEL / ALLOY-MERCURY GAUGE / PATENT APPLIED FOR / NICHOLS PRODUCTS CO. / MOORESTOWN, NJ [on bottle label] ARISTOLOY [on bottom of bottle] ONE FULL TROY OUNCE 31.1 GRAMMES / LOT 350229 / PAT. NO. 1, 963, 085
  Date: circa early twentieth century
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  Johnson & Johnson Catgut Sutures

  Glass tube with Johnson & Johnson catgut sutures. [on label] EXODONTIA / CATGUT NO. 00 / PLAIN/ NO. 12 NEEDLE / L / JOHNSON & JOHNSON
  Date: circa mid- twentieth century
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  Ethicon Chromic Gut Sutures

  Ethicon Chromic Gut sutures. [on front of package] 3-0 (3.0 METRIC) 27" (70 CM) / CHROMIC GUT / TEAR LEFT / U204 / RB-1 17 MM 1/2C TAPER / STERILE, ABSORBABLE SURGICAL SUTURE. U.S.P. DO NOT RESTERILIZE / ETHICON* ©ETHICON, INC 2007 *TRADEMARK / 2 / U204.P30 [on back of package] U204 / STERILE R / SEE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE / DO NOT REUSE/RESTERILIZE / LOT HGK842 / U204.O32 / EXP JAN 2019
  Date: circa 2007
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  CEREC Optical Scanner for CAD/CAM for Single Visit Ceramic Restoration

  CEREC Optical Scanner for CAD/CAM for single visit ceramic restoration [on product] CEREC 3
  Date: circa late twentieth century
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  Curing Light and Composite Material for Tooth Colored Restoration

  Curing light and composite material for tooth colored restoration. [on label] ULTRA-LUME LED / MODEL: ULTRA-LUME LED 5 / INPUT: 100-240 VAC 50-60HZ 0.4A / LIGHT OUTPUT: >800MW/CM2 / SERIAL # 513903 / ULTRADENT USA 505 W. 10200 S. SOUTH JORDAN, UT 84095 MADE IN USA [with SA trademark and numbered 216575]
  Date: circa twenty-first century
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  Post Extractor Patented September 15, 1903

  S.S. White Post Extractor in wooden box. [on label inside lid] S.S. WHITE POST EXTRACTOR PATENTED SEPT. 15, 1903 / OTHER PATENTS PENDING [numbered 03100 in lower left corner] [on metal inside box] PATD-SEPT-15-1903 [with S.S. White trademark]
  Date: circa early twentieth century
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  Green Glass Dappen Dish

  Green glass Dappen Dish used for mixing liquids and powders, primarily for restorative purposes. JAPAN on bottom.
  Date: circa twentieth century
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  Frosted Glass Dappen Dish

  Frosted glass Dappen Dish used for mixing liquids and powders, primarily for restorative purposes. JAPAN on bottom.
  Date: circa twentieth century
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  How to Use Ampoules

  Instruction card to accompany Condit Ammoniacal Silver Nitrate and Formalin, entitled HOW TO USE AMPOULES [with illustration of ampoule and seal ACCEPTED BY THE AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION]
  Date: circa early twentieth century
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  Directions for Using Ammoniacal Silver Nitrate and Formalin

  Instruction pamphlet to accompany Condit Ammoniacal Silver Nitrate and Formalin, entitled DIRECTIONS FOR USING AMMONIACAL SILVER NITRATE AND FORMALIN [with headings] CHRONIC ABSCESS / ABSCESS WITH A FISTULA / PUTRESCENT ROOT CANALS / STERILIZING DEEP CAVITIES WITH PULP INVOLVEMENT / EXPOSED PULPS / SMALL INTERPROXIMAL CAVITIES / PYORRHEA / HYPER-SENSITIVE DENTINE, ABRADED OR ERODED SURFACES AND SENSITIVENESS CAUSED BY GOLD CLASPS / ORTHODONTIA / STERILIZATION AND PROTECTION OF HYPOPLASTIC TEETH / PIT AND FISSURE PROPHYLAXIS / FOR CLASS III CAVITIES IN ANTERIOR DECIDUOUS TEETH / STERILIZATION AND FILLING OF NON-VITAL DECIDUOUS TEETH / TRENCH MOUTH [with label] PRINTED IN U.S.A.
  Date: circa early twentieth century
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  Ammoniacal Silver Nitrate and Formalin

  Paper box containing. [on label] AMMONIACAL SILVER NITRATE AND FORMALIN (HOWE) / CONDIT TRADE MARK / A PROMPT, SIMPLE, EFFICACIOUS METHOD OF STERILIZING AND IMPREGNATING WITH A METAL INFECTED DENTAL TISSUE. P.N. CONDIT BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A. [on back] FOR STERILIZING ROOTS OF TEETH WHICH ARE PUTRESCENT OR ABSCESSED. FOR SAVING PULPS IN TEETH WITH BADLY DISINTEGRATED DENTINE. FOR PREVENTION OF DECAY AND CHECKING INCIPIENT CAVITIES IN CHILDREN'S TEETH. FOR FILLING APICES OF IRREGULAR ROOTS WITH A METALLIC DEPOSIT OF SILVER. ANY NUMBER OF OPENINGS IN A SINGLE ROOT MAY BE COMPLETELY FILLED. FOR PREVENTION OF FURTHER ACTION OF CARIES. A POWERFUL ANTISEPTIC WHICH WILL PENETRATE AFFECTED AREAS OF ROOTS AND NOT AFFECT SOUND TISSUE. [?]OLUTION IS THE ORIGINAL AND IS GUAR[ANTEED?] [?]OPERLY BALANCED BY THE MANU[?] [CO]NDIT APPLICATIONS [label on side] ACCEPTED BY THE AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION [at top] CONTENTS TESTED AND GUARANTEED PROPERLY BALANCED [with instructions]
  Date: circa early twentieth century
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  Laboratory Instrument for Melting Metals

  Metal tool with concave ends used for melting metals over flame. Manufactured by ERMOLD.
  Date: circa nineteenth century
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  Durodent Enamel Translucent Filling Porcelain

  Durodent Enamel Translucent Filling Porcelain in glass bottle. [on label] MFGD. BY J. SCHAEFER / JERSEY CITY, N.J. [on sticker at bottom of bottle] BATCH 2008. [on label at back of bottle] 4 YELLOW PASSED A. D. A. SPECIFICATION NO. 9
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  Large Tooth Key with Wooden Handle

  Very large tooth key with wooden handle and single curve in shaft bearing manufacturer's mark on handle: O. W. B. EASTMAN / PATENT [Possibly intended for veterinary use, or for molar extraction]
  Date: circa nineteenth century
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  Box with Needles for Administering Local Anesthesia, including Cook Rustless Steel Needles, circa early twentieth century

  Metal box with needles for administering local anesthesia, including container of COOK'S RUSTLESS STEEL NEEDLES. [on label] DENTAL NEEDLES NO. 4 GA. 25 / MADE FROM FIRTH BREARLY STEEL / COOK LABORATORIES, INC. / FORM 626V / CHICAGO, U.S.A. / MADE IN ENGLAND
  Date: circa early twentieth century
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  Stainless Steel Elevator, circa mid-twentieth century

  Stainless steel dental elevator, used for extractions. With manufacturer's devise: "R.P. PARIS" ; numbered "2"
  Date: circa mid-twentieth century
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  White Gutta Perchia Tooth Stopping

  [on label] WHITE GUTTA PERCHIA TOOTH STOPPING / BOOTS CASH CHEMISTS [Used for performing root canals]
  Date: circa 1871-1888
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  Elevator with Wooden Handle, circa nineteenth century

  Dental elevator with wooden handle. [manufacturer's emblem] CD MF CO. [numbered "10" on reverse side].
  Date: circa nineteenth century
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  Large glass pestle

  Large frosted glass pestle with mortar.
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  Large glass mortar

  Large frosted glass mortar with pestle.
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  Small glass pestle

  Small frosted glass pestle with mortar.
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  Small glass mortar

  Small frosted glass mortar. [on bottom] BAKER MADE IN U.S.A [with pestle]
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  Metal and Glass Alcohol Lamp

  Metal and glass alcohol lamp for melting metals, with remnants of wick. [on bottom] VIGOR / TAIWAN
  Date: circa late twentieth century
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  Medco Brand Fracture Set No. 4 with Wrench

  Box containing Medco Brand Fracture Set No. 4 with Wrench. [on label] MEDCO BRAND FRACTURE SET NO. 4 (WITH WRENCH) CONTAINING: 1 SQUARE END WRENCH / 4 BICUSPID FRACTURE BANDS NO. 1F / 2 MOLAR FRACTURE BANDS NO. 3F / THE MEIER DENTAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY / MANUFACTURERS / ST. LOUIS, U.S.A
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  S.S. White Model Alloy

  Glass bottle of S.S. White Model Alloy with trademark on paper label. [on label] 1 OUNCE 31.1 GRAMS / S. S. WHITE MODEL ALLOY / MADE IN U. S. OF AMERICA / THE S. S. WHITE DENTAL MFG. CO. PHILADELPHIA, PA. / GRADE A [number 5 stamped in bottom of bottle]
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  The Lost Tooth

  Print depicting young boy holding magnifying glass and pointing to gap left by missing tooth; text reads: The Lost Tooth / CHAS. A. MACLELLAN [in color]
  Date: 1913?
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  The Nervous Ex-Soldier Who Had an Appointment with his Dentist for Gas

  Cartoon from Punch magazine depicting man with gas mask entering dentist's office, surprised dentist and man with briefcase, dentist's chair depicted. THE NERVOUS EX-SOLDIER WHO HAD AN APPOINTMENT WITH HIS DENTIST FOR GAS [signed] CHAS. GRAVE [in color.]
  Date: 1934-10-03