M0015851: John Best: surgical instrument maker's trade-card / M0015852: Zachariah Carlton: cutler's trade-card

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Two images on one negative: the John Best trade card is  probably 18th century and was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1922 and accessioned in 1923 (accession number 42394). The Zachariah Carlton trade card is from 1739

M0015851: John Best: surgical instrument maker's trade-card / M0015852: Zachariah Carlton: cutler's trade-card

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