'Tabloid' first aid kit used on an Antarctic expedition of 1

This first aid kit was used by Rear-Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888-1957) on his expedition to Antarctica in 1928-1930. Some of the bandages and equipment are labelled with the words “From Little America Antarctica Byrd Antarctica Expedition II Medical Officer”. (Little America was the base camp u...

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Language:unknown
Published: 1925
Subjects:
exploration
first aid kit
Antarctic
Byrd
Evelyn
Little America
Antarc*
Antarctica
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spelling ftwellcome:oai:wellcomeimages.org:record/L0059102 2023-05-15T13:39:15+02:00 'Tabloid' first aid kit used on an Antarctic expedition of 1 made: 1925-1930 http://wellcomeimages.org/ixbin/hixclient.exe?MIROPAC=L0059102 unknown http://wellcomeimages.org/ixbin/hixclient.exe?MIROPAC=L0059102 L0059102 Science Museum A700010 Science Museum, London, Wellcome Images Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY L0059102 exploration first aid kit 1925 ftwellcome 2014-12-20T12:12:59Z This first aid kit was used by Rear-Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888-1957) on his expedition to Antarctica in 1928-1930. Some of the bandages and equipment are labelled with the words “From Little America Antarctica Byrd Antarctica Expedition II Medical Officer”. (Little America was the base camp used for his expeditions.) The kit has been hardly used. ‘Tabloid’ brand first aid kits made by Burroughs Wellcome & Co were given to explorers and influential people packed with the company’s products in a shrewd attempt to promote the product. maker: Burroughs Wellcome and Company Place made: United States Other/Unknown Material Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Wellcome Trust, London: Wellcome Images Antarctic Byrd Evelyn ENVELOPE(-127.270,-127.270,54.883,54.883) Little America ENVELOPE(-164.050,-164.050,-78.667,-78.667)
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first aid kit
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first aid kit
'Tabloid' first aid kit used on an Antarctic expedition of 1
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first aid kit
description This first aid kit was used by Rear-Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888-1957) on his expedition to Antarctica in 1928-1930. Some of the bandages and equipment are labelled with the words “From Little America Antarctica Byrd Antarctica Expedition II Medical Officer”. (Little America was the base camp used for his expeditions.) The kit has been hardly used. ‘Tabloid’ brand first aid kits made by Burroughs Wellcome & Co were given to explorers and influential people packed with the company’s products in a shrewd attempt to promote the product. maker: Burroughs Wellcome and Company Place made: United States
title 'Tabloid' first aid kit used on an Antarctic expedition of 1
title_short 'Tabloid' first aid kit used on an Antarctic expedition of 1
title_full 'Tabloid' first aid kit used on an Antarctic expedition of 1
title_fullStr 'Tabloid' first aid kit used on an Antarctic expedition of 1
title_full_unstemmed 'Tabloid' first aid kit used on an Antarctic expedition of 1
title_sort 'tabloid' first aid kit used on an antarctic expedition of 1
publishDate 1925
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Byrd
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Little America
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Little America
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Antarctic
Antarctica
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