[NIH building 6 cornerstone laying]

[NIH building 6 cornerstone laying]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Publication:
Produced: [1939]
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Anniversaries and Special Events
Parran, Thomas, Jr., 1892-1968.
National Cancer Institute (U.S.)
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
Genre(s):
Photograph
Abstract:
Secretary of the treasury, Henry Morgenthau wields the trowel during the cornerstone laying for the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute's building 6 on June 24, 1939. Mrs. Luke Wilson, whose husband, a cancer victim, donated the land for the building, and Dr. Thomas Parron, the Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service, look on.
Copyright:
Copyright status must be investigated before publishing or commercial use.
Extent:
1 photograph : 26 x 21 cm
Technique:
black and white
NLM Unique ID:
101440889 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A014547
OCLC no.:
939524854
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101440889