Dental X-ray Machine

Name/Title

Dental X-ray Machine

Entry/Object ID

1000.1583.1

Description

Machine, X-ray, Dental

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Victor X-ray Co.

Date made

1925

Notes

where made: Chicago, IL serial number: 58405

General Notes

Note

Timer serial no. 60744, X-ray generator, First dental x-ray machine. Artifact label reads: Dental X-Ray Machine Victor X-Ray Co., Chicago, IL 1925 This x-ray generator developed by the Victor X-Ray Corporation was the first commercially available device for dental x-rays. The Victor X-Ray Corporation was originally the Victor Electric Company, not to be confused with the Victor Talking Machine Company, and was founded in 1893 in Chicago by Charles Samms and Julius Wantz.