Tahiti: Léproserie d'Orofara : trois lépreux ameliores

Tahiti: Léproserie d'Orofara : trois lépreux ameliores

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Alternate Title(s):
Léproserie d'Orofara: trois lépreux ameliores
Contributor(s):
Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
Société des missions évangéliques de Paris, issuing body.
Publication:
Paris : Sociéte des missions evangéliques ; Mulhouse-Dornach : Braun & Cte, Imp.-Edit., [1930?]
Language(s):
French
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Nurses
Leper Colonies
Nurse-Patient Relations
Polynesia
Léproserie d'Orofara.
Genre(s):
Postcard
Abstract:
This black and white photographic postcard shows three male patients and a female nurse outside building at the leper colony at Orofara, Tahiti. The colony was established in 1914 by the French colonial government. The nurse wears a long white uniform with a large black bow at the throat and a white veil. Each of the patients gathered around her is wearing a dark suit jacket and tie.
Copyright:
This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
Extent:
1 postcard : 9 x 14 cm
Provenance:
Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
Technique:
black & white
NLM Unique ID:
101766685 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
D05602
OCLC no.:
1370212394
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101766685