Becker Archives Database

"Biological Cigarette Filter" drawing.

Part of Thomas H. Burford Photographs, Drawings, Certificates, and Artifacts

In Memoriam Certificate, The Missouri State Medical Association.

Part of Thomas H. Burford Photographs, Drawings, Certificates, and Artifacts

Hal-Hen advertising photo, ca. 1952

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Part of The Central Institute for the Deaf-Max A. Goldstein Historic Devices for Hearing Collection.

Model wearing Hal-Hen Simulated Pearl Necklace Hearing Cord

Photograph of framed note from L.V. Rein, no date.

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Part of The Central Institute for the Deaf-Max A. Goldstein Historic Devices for Hearing Collection.

Note is on Rein & Son stationery. "With compliments, L.V. Rein"

Woman demonstrating the Rhodes Audiophone while holding the Folding Dentaphone, front view, circa 1926.

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Part of The Central Institute for the Deaf-Max A. Goldstein Historic Devices for Hearing Collection.

Western Electric 1-A Audiometer in use, circa 1920s.

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Part of The Central Institute for the Deaf-Max A. Goldstein Historic Devices for Hearing Collection.

Western Electric 1-A Audiometer, circa 1920s.

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Part of The Central Institute for the Deaf-Max A. Goldstein Historic Devices for Hearing Collection.

Desk-top hearing instrument, circa 1875.

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Part of The Central Institute for the Deaf-Max A. Goldstein Historic Devices for Hearing Collection.

Table Top Vase or Table Instrument, manufactured by Hawksley. Heavy metal painted black, with one solid base and six funnel openings from the upper portion, three legs and one protruding piece for insertion of a conversation tube. Conversation tube is missing.

Acoustic fan, 19th century.

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Part of The Central Institute for the Deaf-Max A. Goldstein Historic Devices for Hearing Collection.

One acoustic black fan than can be opened and contains a small ear trumpet attached to the side.

Small ear trumpet, ca. 1800

VC703-B63-i703098
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Part of The Central Institute for the Deaf-Max A. Goldstein Historic Devices for Hearing Collection.

Ram's horn trumpet device. Natural ram's horn with silver trimming and an ivory earpiece.

Black silk material and lace acoustical fan device with metal base, 19th century.

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Part of The Central Institute for the Deaf-Max A. Goldstein Historic Devices for Hearing Collection.

Protruding ivory eartip is adjustable. Also known as a mourning trumpet. Does not open.

Mess line, German POW camp.

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1943

Part of Benjamin H. Charles Photographs and Drawings

Mess line in the German POW section of the 21st General Hospital in Bou Hanifia, Algeria, as seen by prisoner Walter Kohnlein. The German prisoners were housed in Nissen hut buildings within a guarded stockade. The Grand Hotel, in the background, housed the main medical facilities and administrative offices of the 21st General Hospital while the unit was stationed in North Africa. The watercolor was drawn by German POW Walter Kohnlein and is signed and dated by the artist.

Kohnlein, Walter

Street view, Strasbourg, France.

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1945

Part of Benjamin H. Charles Photographs and Drawings

Benjamin H. Charles and Lester H. Jasper standing in front of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France.

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May 1, 1945

Part of Benjamin H. Charles Photographs and Drawings

Maj. Lester H. Jasper and Maj. Benjamin H. Charles in front of Notre-Dame Cathedral in May 1945.

View of Notre Dame Cathedral and the Seine River, Paris, France.

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May 1, 1945

Part of Benjamin H. Charles Photographs and Drawings

View from the Pont de la Tournelle near the La Rive Gauche [The Left Bank] of the River Seine looking west toward Notre-Dame Cathedral and the Île de la Cité, May 1945.

Group portrait of four enlisted men assigned to General Hospital 21 "liberating furniture. "

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June 1945

Part of Benjamin H. Charles Photographs and Drawings

A contingent from the 21st General Hospital in Kehl, Germany in June 1945. This group had traveled to Kehl, across the Rhine River from Strasbourg, to 'acquire' furniture for the unit's rest camp ('Chateau Charles') in Strasbourg. From left to right: Richard A. Mello, William L. Huger, Jr., Harold W. Flavin, Wayne W. Bellamy.

Canal view, Strasbourg, France.

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ca. 1945

Part of Benjamin H. Charles Photographs and Drawings

Exterior view of Chateau Charles with General Hospital 21 personnel posing in some windows and doors.

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June 1945

Part of Benjamin H. Charles Photographs and Drawings

21st General Hospital personnel making repairs to 'Chateau Charles,' a Strasbourg villa requisitioned for use as a rest camp for the unit's personnel. Repairs to the house included installing a shower, fixing the hot water heater, and installing electrical connections. In addition, the unit built a stone terrace outside the living room and cleared away overgrown shrubs and weeds from the extensive gardens. Photograph taken in June 1945.