Object Details

Description (Brief)

Yellow cardboard sign with black text reading, "MUMPS- Children--except those of this household with the health officer's permit--must not enter or leave these premises. No person other than those authorized by the Board of Health shall remove this placard. Any Person or Persons defacing, covering up, or destroying this Placard render themselves liable to the Penalties of the law. Act of the General Assembly approved June 28, 1923, provides that anyone violating the provisions of this Act, upon conviction thereof may be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $100.00, to be paid to the use of said county, and costs of prosecution, or to be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not less tha ten days or more than thirty days, or both, at the discretion of the court.' By order of the Board of Health" with lines for signature and address of health officer and date posted.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

after 1923

ID Number

2005.3079.04

nonaccession number

2005.3079

catalog number

2005.3079.04

Object Name

quarantine sign, mumps

Physical Description

cardboard (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 17.6 cm x 25.2 cm; 6 15/16 in x 9 15/16 in

overall: 10 in x 7 in; 25.4 cm x 17.78 cm

place made

United States: Pennsylvania

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The Antibody Initiative

Antibody Initiative: Measles, Mumps, and Rubella

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-bc61-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1292504