Veterinary Bag, circa 1900

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Artifact Overview

Veterinaries stored medicines and medical instruments in leather bags like this as they traveled to care for animals. Dr. Russell Runnels may have owned this bag and used it during his veterinary practice in Michigan.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Doctor's bag

Date Made

circa 1900

Place of Creation

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

81.50.7

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift in Memory of Dr. Russell Runnells. (Michigan Veterinarian Medicine Association)

Material

Leather
Metal
String (Fiber product)

Color

Brown
Silver (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 5.625 in
Width: 14 in
Length: 6.5 in

Inscriptions

on bottom of bag: 1B / 2