115. ̶ Congo Français. – Mission Catholique de Brazzaville. Village Batéké, prè Brazzaville. Villagers are shown gathered under palm trees that form a village square of sorts, working and talking. Several grass dwellings are seen nearby. There are a few lines of handwriting in French on the back of the postcard
W. A. Baum Company, Incorporated William Anthony Baum, MD
Published / Created:
ca. early-mid 20th century
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 041
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Sphygmomanometer
Description:
A wooden box with a measuring device inside. According to a label attached to the outside of the box, this is a Baum monometer—of which the accompanying rubber tubing is non-functioning.
W. A. Baum Company, Incorporated William Anthony Baum, MD
Published / Created:
ca. early-mid 20th century
Collection Title:
Medical Instrument Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 041
Image Count:
2
Alternative Title:
Sphygmomanometer
Description:
A Baumanometer-brand Desk Model sphygmomanometer—housed in a wooden box and with many of the needed pieces included. A metal plate at the bottom of the case provides a chart of ages and average systolic, diastolic, and pulse readings. Further stated, "these averages compare with readings obtained on over 500,000 life insurance applicants".
Emil Burgermeister mountaineering views of California and Washington
Container / Volume:
Box 3
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Emil Burgermeister, mountaineer, who with his wife Fanny trekked through the national parks and forests of California, Oregon, and Washington from the 1910s through the early 1930s.
Description:
Geographic views identified after the Burgermeister's death by Oliver Kehrlein, a mountaineer-photographer.
Subject (Geographic):
California--Pictorial works., Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)--Pictorial works, and United States--West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):
Burgermeister, Frances, 1881-1942
Subject (Topic):
Landscape photography--United States., Mountain, Mountaineering--West (U.S.)--Pictorial works., and National parks and reserves--United States--Pictorial works.
Charlotte Tuttle Westwood Lloyd Walkup was an attorney in the Solicitor's Office of the U.S. Interior Department assisting the Office of Indian Affairs in the administration of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. Her assignment on the reservations was
Description:
Manuscript caption on verso. Photo dismounted from album.
Subject (Name):
United States. Office of Indian Affairs--Pictorial works
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Pictorial works and Ojibwa Indians--Pictorial works
Companion print to: Chealsea Reach., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Plate possibly first published in 1789. See: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, p. 262, Temporary local subject terms: Boat or ship -- Storms -- Reference to Bay of Biscay., and Title from item.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, publisher.
