[Angel Island Immigration Station]: [examinations for trachoma]

[Angel Island Immigration Station]: [examinations for trachoma]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Western Photo Company, photographer.
Publication:
[1931]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Asian People
Physical Examination
Trachoma -- prevention & control
Emigration and Immigration
California
United States. Public Health Service
Genre(s):
Photograph
Abstract:
One black and white photograph from a series of 25 on the topic of the Angel Island Immigration Station in California. This photograph shows Asian immigrants being examined for trachoma. Typed caption on photograph verso: Examining aliens at the Immigration Station, Angel Island, California. Medical officers are shown making the physical examination with three ward orderlies on the right and the interpreter on the left may be seen between Assistant Surgeon Geyer and the alien whose lid he is turning. Taken September 1931. The room used is one of the wards in the Immigration Station hospital.
Copyright:
This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
Extent:
1 photograph : 21 x 26 cm.
Technique:
black and white, glossy
NLM Unique ID:
101540261 (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
1024115349
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101540261