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Metadata
Object/Catalog Number |
FIC12.400.4 |
Object Name |
Dental Museum Exhibition Display |
Collection |
Edwin and Trudy Weaver Historical Dental Museum Exhibition |
Object Category |
17: Dental Collection Displays |
Object Sub-category |
Dental Museum Exhibition |
Date |
2003 |
Description |
Installed in 2003, highlights of the Historical Dental Museum Collection are currently on permanent display in the Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Weaver III Historical Dental Museum on the third floor of the Kornberg wing of the dental school. The exhibition display celebrates the long, distinguished history from which the Kornberg School of Dentistry evolved, featuring a rich array of unique dental artifacts that also present the history of dentistry in America. Displays include the recreation of a nineteenth-century Victorian dental office, outfitted with period objects and furniture, as well as a richly varied collection of photographs, dental instrument and equipment displays, and the personal possessions of former dental school students, faculty, and alumni. Here one can trace the beginnings of dentistry in America through three generations of dentists from Josiah Flagg's Revolutionary War-era practice to his grandson J. Foster Flagg, who in 1863 was one of the founders and a member of the faculty of the Philadelphia Dental College-the second oldest dental college in the country-which merged with Temple in 1907. Temple's dental school history is evoked in museum depictions of dental educational techniques, photographs of student laboratories, clinics, and operatories, highlighting the contributions of Temple alumni and faculty to the advancement of dental education and to the growth of the dental profession. |
Notes |
In addition to 68 cataloged objects, the exhibition includes a large number of uncatalogued collection objects. To see individual cataloged objects in installation, conduct a key word search with the followng phrase: "Edwin and Trudy Weaver Historical Dental Museum Exhibition " Cataloged Objects Include: 1940.400.1 1940.400.2 1940.5.4 1940.401.1 1940.401.2 1940.401.3 1940.403.1 1940.403.2 1940.403.3 1940.403.4 1940.403.5 1945.400.1 1945.401.1 1945.401.2 1945.401.3 1947.400.1 1952.200.1 1954.400.1 1955.400.1 1956.400.1 1956.406.1 1956.406.2 1956.406.3 1956.406.4 1958.401.1 1962.400.1 1963.400.1 1963.401.1 1964.400.1 1966.400.1 1968.400.1 |
Number of images |
19.0 |
Catalog date |
2012-01-18 |
Caption |
Dental Museum Exhibition - A |
Made |
United States: Kornberg School of Dentistry, Temple University |
Exhibits on View |
Edwin and Trudy Weaver Historical Dental Museum Exhibition |