[Cuban Refugee Program]: [quarantine inspectors checking children for vaccination marks]

[Cuban Refugee Program]: [quarantine inspectors checking children for vaccination marks]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Black-Baker Photographers, photographer.
Publication:
[1965]
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Quarantine
Refugees
Child
Cuba
Florida
United States. Public Health Service
Genre(s):
Photograph
Abstract:
One black and white photograph from a series of 5 on the topic of the PHS Cuban Refugee Program. This photograph shows PHS personnel greeting refugees arriving at the Cuban Refugee Processing Center, Opa Locka Airfield, Opa Locka, Fla. Quarantine inspectors are checking children for vaccination marks. Caption on typed page included with photograph: Buildings 68 and 69 at the Opa Locka Cuban Refugee Processing Center. Building No. 68 houses the Public Health Service Quarantine Division, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Customs Service and other federal agencies. The gate behind the group of men to the right of the picture opens to permit buses to drive in. The passengers then walk through the door into Building No. 68 (behind the two men in white shirts in the center of the picture). These buildings are renovated World War II Naval Air Station barracks.
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:
101540731 (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
1024113350
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101540731