The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers

Title:: [Afghan saddling his riding camel, Afghan camp, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia]

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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 surveying other possible sites. Visiting the mining town of Broken Hill in western New South Wales, Sawyer was surprised to find an Afghani pack train carrying goods to outlying areas.

NOTE: The bottom half of the original photograph is discolored.

Number of Image Pages:

1 (54,426 Bytes)

Date:

1920-03-21 (March 21, 1920)

Creator:

Sawyer, Wilbur A.

Rights:

This item is in the public domain. It may be used without permission.

Subject:

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):: Australia

Exhibit Category:

From Hookworm to Yellow Fever: Rockefeller Foundation, 1919-1927

Box Number: 4

Folder Number: 13

Unique Identifier:

LWBBCW

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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