Name/Title
FARNY U.S. Military Medical Kit, c. 1896-1899Entry/Object ID
2021.38.8Description
Acc. No. 21.38.8
Subject Category: Citizens of Alameda; Spanish-American War; Medical Tools
Date or Period: 1896-1899
Object: Medical Kit
Description: Leather wallet-style envelope fortified with cardboard, with medical tools - scissors, tweezers, a needle with blunt end, two different sized scalpels and a hooked tool, the last 3 imprinted with the brand 'FARNY'.
Size (closed): L 4” x W 7”
History of Object: Medical kit likely previously owned by Frederic William Nachbar, who served in the Spanish-American War, with tools supplied to the military by the FARNY company - Ferdinand Alfred Reichardt - New York - who designed and patented surgical equipment in the late 19th and early 20th century (Reichardt died 1913).
Acquired from:
Tony Avanzino / Avanzino-Winslow-Nachbar estate
Catalog Date: 5/2/2021
