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[Men and rat-catching equipment, New Orleans, La.]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Publication:
[between 1914 and 1920]
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Communicable Disease Control
Plague -- prevention & control
Rodent Control
United States. Public Health Service.
Abstract:
Group portrait of nine men standing behind a makeshift table upon and around which are displayed kettles, buckets, lanterns, and other equipment used in catching rats 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:
Photographic print : 18 x 13 cm.
Provenance:
Donation; Centers for Disease Control; 1983.
Technique:
black and white
NLM Unique ID:
101443616 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A015955
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101443616