Object Details
- A. C. Meyer and Company
- Description
- An inscription on this metal can reads in part “DEATH DUST” and “A. C. MEYER & CO. / BALTIMORE, MD.” Adolph Carl Meyer (1852-1914) was born in Bremen, emigrated to the United States in 1869, and settled in Baltimore. In 1877, after having spent several years working in pharmacies, he established A. C. Meyer & Co., offering supplies for druggists and grocers.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ben Posen
- c. 1900
- ID Number
- 2004.0050.20
- accession number
- 2004.0050
- catalog number
- 2004.0050.20
- Object Name
- Insecticide
- pesticide
- Measurements
- overall: 6.2 cm x 4.6 cm x 4.6 cm; 2 7/16 in x 1 13/16 in x 1 13/16 in
- overall: 2 3/8 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 6.0325 cm x 4.445 cm x 4.445 cm
- place made
- United States: Maryland, Baltimore
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1255548
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-63c1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
