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Stat Strip Adhesive Bandages

Major collection: Holography
Named collection: Holography Collection
Object type: hologram
Maker: unknown
Date made: date unknown
Materials: reflection hologram; film (photopolymer)
Measurements: 4 in x 3 in x 1 1/2 in
Nomenclature: commercial
Classification: holograms

Metal adhesive bandage case for Stat Strip adhesive bandages, which originally contained 30 `Band-Aid' type adhesive bandages (10 are still found inside); information about the creator of the bandage (National Patent Medicine) and on how to put on a bandage is on side and back; adhered to front is a green or reddish (depending on angle of light) double-exposure photopolymer hologram, showing 2 images; when viewed from left, image shows 2 hands holding a sealed bandage reading `Hold Tabs and Pull,' one hand on either end; when viewed from right, the hands have pulled apart the wrapping, exposing the bandage.


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MOH-1993.47.149