Name/Title
Red Cross nurses' home visits bag with contents, c. 1920Entry/Object ID
2020.71.1Description
Accession No: 20.71.1 A through S
Subject: Red Cross; Nursing
Date or Period: c. 1920
Object Type: Nurse's bag and contents
Description:
A. Oblong leather bag, with two leather handles, and buckle closure, and contents. One side has a clear plastic pocket for a business card. Inside holds a removable smooth leather pad with pockets with various objects and a tin with more. The pad is attached to the inside of the box with snap buttons.
Size: L 11 3/4" X D 6" X H 6"
B. Leather pad with pockets. 20" X 15"
C. Miniature New Testament, of Clinton Waring, 'presented by his best girl' with mini snapshot photo of a girl.
Size: L 3 5/8" X W 3"
D. Nickel-plated metal container with lid with handle
Size: L 9" X D-3 1/2" X H-1 3/4"
E. sterile pocket of Webcol Alcohol Prep by Kendall. Size: 2" X 2"
F. Metal tweezers, marked Lawton stainless on one side, GERMANY on the other.
Size: L 5 1/2"
G. Medical Scissors. L 5 1/2"
H. Medical Scissors, marked Pilling - Phila STAINLESS USA. L 6 1/2"
I. Sealed yellow plastic container, marked 'Sterile, Perogen Free. Use Once and Destruct. 27 G 1/2" R'.
Size: L 2 3/4"
J. Similar Container, missing top.
Size: L 2 1/4"
K. Folded Brown paper bag with two wooden tongue depressors.
Size: L 5 1/2"
L. Tubex stainless steel holder by Wyeth (c. 1943),
Size: L 3", extendable to L 4 1/2"
M. Vial of Adrenaline, marked: 1 ML NDC 71-1135-1. ADRENALIN (EPINEPHRINE INJECTION U.S.P.) 1:1000. P.D. & Co.
Size: L 2"
N. Black Plastic Container with clip, marked 'Made in USA', and with a piece of tape marked R applied,
Size: L. 4 1/2"
with
O. triangular mercury thermometer, marked 1301 B EISELE
Size: L 4"
P. Black plastic container with clip, empty.
Size: L 4 1/4"
Q. White and Blue Tube, with plastic screw top, marked day-baldwin, and White Petrolatum USP; Net Wt. 1 oz. Directions. Empty end folded over,
Size: L 4"
R. Glass container, circular except for one flat side so container can lay still, with metal top, corroded onto container, with off-white substance. T.C.W. Co., U.S.A. Top layer of paper label has been torn off.
Size: L 4 1/2"
S. Clear glass container, circular except for one flat side so container can lay still, with metal top, empty. Bottom has embossed T.C.W. Co., U.S.A. Label has foxing and water damage, but states in pale blue handwriting: Alcohol.
Size: L 4 1/2"
History of Subject: Bag, used by one of the nurses of the American Red Cross, Alameda Chapter, of 2226 Santa Clara Avenue, to make home visits in the early and mid 1900s. In the bag are the tools the nurse used to make bandages and take care of wounds.
Bag was given to the donor by Florinda Bartalini, mother of Judge Richard Bartalini of Alameda. Mrs. Bartalini ran a baby clinic in the Lincoln Avenue Family Community Center, for which the county provided a nurse, from the local Red Cross Chapter. Donor, a trained nurse, moved to Alameda in 1974 and served on a Health Committee where she met Mrs. Bartalini.
Donor:
Janet Waring
Accession Date: 11/15/2020
