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Quarantine sign for scarlet fever. Black block letters on red cardboard. Families whose members were ill with a contagious disease would purchase and display a quarantine sign either in the front window or on the front door. This sign belonged to Chester L. Stocks, a druggist and medical doctor in Bushong from 1896 to 1934.
Date: between 1915 and 1935
Item Number: 318766
Call Number: 1976.105.36
KSHS Identifier: 1976.105.36
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Medical doctors
Collections - Museum - Main gallery - Public Health
Date - 1910s
Date - 1920s
Date - 1930s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Sign
Places - Cities and towns - Bushong
Places - Counties - Lyon
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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