R. W. Archer & Brother, Dental Cabinet No. 1, 1870s

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Title

R. W. Archer & Brother, Dental Cabinet No. 1, 1870s

Date

1870

Description

Black Walnut, Original Finish
The Archer Manufacturing Co. of Rochester, New York, was one of the first companies to make commercially available cabinets, along with the S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Co. of Philadelphia, and others. The S. S. White Co. sold the Archer products as well as their own. Prior to 1870, dentists either used small dental instrument cases or had a dental cabinet custom made. Archer made seven different dental cabinets and numbered them from No. 1 to No. 7.

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Courtesy of UNMC College of Dentistry, through the support of the Dental Museum Fund and curated by Dr. Stanton D. Harn

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