This tube was purchased from a private owner in Germany and presented to the Smithsonian Institution in 1956 by the General Electric Company's X-ray Department of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Summary:
Presentation of Roentgen x-ray tube to United States National Museum by General Electric Company at Washington National Airport, with (left to right) Major General Dan C. Ogle, Surgeon General, USAF; Dr. Eduard Hess, scientific attache for the German Embassy; John E. Graf, assistant secretary of the Smithsonian; Rear Admiral Bartholomew Hogan, Surgeon General, USN; Robert L. Lefevre, representative from General Electric Company; and Major General James Coomey, Deputy Surgeon General, Army.
Cite as:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 57, Folder 04, Image No. SIA_000095_B57_F04_006
Repository Loc.:
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