NLM Digital Collections

[Rat-proofing volunteers, New Orleans, La.]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Publication:
[between 1914 and 1920]
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Communicable Disease Control
Rodent Control
Plague -- prevention & control
United States. Public Health Service.
Genre(s):
Portraits
Abstract:
Group portrait of six male rat-proofing volunteers posing with rat traps, cages, and rat collection buckets during the Public Health Service campaign against the New Orleans' plague epidemic of 1914-1920.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 photographic print : 24 x 19 cm.
Provenance:
Donation; Centers for Disease Control; 1983.
Technique:
black and white
NLM Unique ID:
101443609 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A015952
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101443609