Object Details
- H. K. Mulford Company
- Description
- Replica of the gold medal awarded to the 18 dog team drivers who carried diphtheria antitoxin from Nenana to Nome, Alaska, January 27 - February 2, 1925, for use in the epidemic. The obverse has image of sled dogs and “SERVICE - VALOR - NENANA – NOME.” The reverse has “MULFORD LABORATORIES / FOR THE CONSERVATION OF LIFE” AND “AWARDED TO / [...] / FOR HEROIC SERVICE / H. K. MULFORD CO. / PHILADELPHIA / FEBRUARY 1925.” The medal is attached to blue and yellow grosgrain ribbon.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of H. K. Mulford Company
- 1925
- ID Number
- MG.M-02103
- accession number
- 88822
- catalog number
- M-02103
- Object Name
- antitoxin, diphtheria
- commemorative medal, replica
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- fabric (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/8 in x 2 1/8 in x 3 1/4 in; .9525 cm x 5.3975 cm x 8.255 cm
- medal: 1/8 in x 1 1/2 in; x .3175 cm x 3.81 cm
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- The Antibody Initiative
- Health & Medicine
- Antibody Initiative: Diphtheria
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1445140
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-dba6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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