NLM Digital Collections

Madame Labelle and Madame Legros: the two midwives of the Dionne quintuplets

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
Northern Publishing Co. (North Bay, Ont.), publisher.
Publication:
North Bay, Ont. : Northern Publishing Co., [not before 1934]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Nurse Midwives
Quintuplets
Ontario
Labelle, Benoit.
Legros, Donalda.
Genre(s):
Postcards
Abstract:
Black and white portrait of two midwives, Madame Labelle and Madame Legros, who helped Dr. Allan Roy Dafore to deliver the Dionne quintuplets in Callander, Ontario, Canada on May 28, 1934.
Copyright:
This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
Extent:
1 postcard : 14 x 9 cm
Provenance:
Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
Technique:
black and white
NLM Unique ID:
101691293 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101691293