Object Details
- Description
- An inscription on the box reads “TRADEMARK / Farador.” That on the inside of the lid reads in part “The Farador Co., Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A.” That on the device reads “Sole Makers / The Farador Co. / Buffalo, N.Y. U.S.A. / No. 16973." Advertisements touted the Farador as a thermoelectric device that would cure all disease conditions. Clarence E. Edson, a resident of Buffalo, N.Y. who would later be involved with the Oxypathor, introduced the trademark in 1913.
- Ref: Farador Co., Farador Instruction Book (Buffalo, N.Y., 1913).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Farador Co.
- date made
- ca. 1913
- Credit Line
- Miles Davis
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- fabric (overall material)
- paper (part: material)
- cloth (part: material)
- wood (container material)
- metal (container material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 in x 8 3/4 in x 4 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 22.225 cm x 11.43 cm
- overall: 2 1/4 in x 7 1/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 5.715 cm x 18.0975 cm x 6.35 cm
- container: 3 7/8 in x 8 3/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 9.8425 cm x 22.225 cm x 10.795 cm
- Object Name
- farador
- farador, electro therapeutic
