[U.S. Public Health Service sanitary group (?)]

[U.S. Public Health Service sanitary group (?)]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Publication:
[between 1914 and 1920]
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Rodent Control
Black or African American
United States. Public Health Service
Genre(s):
Pictorial Work
Abstract:
Group portrait of U.S. Public Health Service sanitary group (?), probably rat-proofers, during the New Orleans plague campaign; some workers are posed with dogs and containers of poison (?) used in rat-proofing. There is an African American in the group.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 photographic print : 18 x 13 cm.
Provenance:
Centers for Disease Control; Donation; 1983.
Technique:
black and white
NLM Unique ID:
101443811 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A016052
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101443811