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Preparing poison bait

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Publication:
[1907 or 1908]
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Communicable Disease Control
Plague -- prevention & control
Rodent Control
San Francisco
Abstract:
Group of 13 men standing outdoors around a makeshift table applying poison to bread used as rat bait during the San Francisco plague campaign.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 photographic print : 17 X 9 cm.
Provenance:
Donation; Centers for Disease Control; 1983.
Technique:
black and white
NLM Unique ID:
101443659 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A015966
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101443659