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Call Number:

PH-01204

Collection Name:

Lejaren A. Hiller Photography Collection

Creator:

Davis & Geck

Hiller, Lejaren A., 1880-1969 (1880 - 1969)

No. of Items:

3 photomechanical prints

Span Dates:

1927-1929

Description:

The collection consists of three photomechanical prints of photographs by Lejaren à Hiller (American, 1880-1969). Hiller was commissioned by the medical corporation Davis & Geck in 1927 to promote the company's surgical sutures. The advertising campaign continued through the 1940s, wtih Davis & Geck distribution reproductions of Hiller's images to doctors through the United States and Canada. The photographs are tableaux vivants of surgeons throughout history. Hiller produced one image a year beginning in 1927 and ending in the 1950s. Item-level information follows.

981:0040:0001 -- Fabricius Hildanus, 1560-1634, from the series Sutures In Ancient Surgery, 1927. Photomechancial print;
981:0040:0002 -- Achigenes of Apamea, from the series Sutures In Ancient Surgery, 1928. Photomechancial print;
981:0040:0003 -- Celsus (circa 25 B. C.-40 A. D.), from the series Sutures In Ancient Surgery, 1929. Photomechancial print.

Location(s):

H Box, Medium (981:0040:0001-0003)
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