A local rehabilitation center has contacted us about donating an iron 
lung. We don't need it in our collection, so I thought I would post it 
and see if anyone was interested in the artifact.
If you would like to speak with the donor or see images, please contact 
me off list.

The plaque on the unit says:

“Presented to The Columbus Territory, January 30, 1942 by The Columbus 
Exchange Club”. (This refers to Columbus, Mississippi.)

The information plate has the following information:
Emerson Respirator
Model No. TRC
Serial No. 1
Made in USA
US Patent No. 2060706
Designed and manufactured by the originators of the modern diaphragm 
type of “iron lung”
J.H. Emerson Co.
22 Cottage Park Ave.
Cambridge Mass.

-- 
Cindy Gardner
Field Services Curator, Museum Division
Project Liaison, Museum of Mississippi History
Mississippi Department of Archives and History
P.O. Box 571
Jackson, MS 39205-0571
Telephone: 601/576-6901
Facsimile: 601/576-6981
Email: [log in to unmask]

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