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The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers

Title:
[The Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine, Townsville, Queensland]
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Description:
In the summer of 1919, Sawyer and his family moved to Brisbane, Australia, to head the Rockefeller Foundation's new hookworm control campaign there. Early in 1920 he spent several months visiting the campaign's regional sites and helping to launch control efforts, including this one in Townsville in northern Queensland.
Number of Image Pages:
1 (53,480 Bytes)
Date:
1920-03-02 (March 2, 1920)
Creator:
Sawyer, Wilbur A.
Rights:
This item is in the public domain. It may be used without permission.
Subject:
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):
Hookworm Infections
Public Health
Australia
Exhibit Category:
From Hookworm to Yellow Fever: Rockefeller Foundation, 1919-1927
Box Number: 4
Folder Number: 13
Unique Identifier:
LWBBCT
Document Type:
Photographic prints
Format:
image/jpeg
image/tif
Physical Condition:
Good
Series: Photographs and Motion Pictures, [1879]-1951
SubSeries: Albums, 1913-1951
Folder: Australia: hookworm campaign colleagues, children, other tourist photos; China: Great Wall, Peking, 1919-1921
Metadata Last Modified Date:
2006-07-24

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