large cardboard canister of sublimed sulfur (lid only)
Date: circa 1950
Inventory Number: 2000-1-0046
Classification: Chemical
Subject:
Maker: R. Gessel, Inc.
Cultural Region:
Dimensions:
12.5 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm (4 15/16 x 4 x 4 in.)
Material:
Description:
Lid of a round cardboard canister. Initially contained purified sulphur powder, a Class F chemical.
SignedLabel: 1 Pound M342 SULFUR SUBLIMED U.S.P. R. Gesell, Incorporated. New York.
Inscribedhand-written by David P. Wheatland in purple, orance, and plack marker on beige label on cardboard canister: Sulphur / Sublimet / Scatter on / Spilt / Mercury
FunctionThe contents would have been used to clean up mercury spills. However, the object now consists only of the lid to the cardbaord box.
Historical AttributesUsed by David P. Wheatland to contain mercury spills. Found with ten bottles of contained mercury and another bottle of sulfur powder on shelf 2J-1b