Title:

Wilbur A. Sawyer's caravan and guides on the road to Coronel Ponce, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Creator:

Sawyer, Wilbur A.

Date:

17 June 1934

Description:

In 1934, Dr. Sawyer made another trip to Brazil to inspect yellow fever control activities, including an investigation of a puzzling outbreak of the disease in a rural region near the Bolivian border. With Dr. Fred Soper, Sawyer traveled by car to Coronel Ponce, where the most recent yellow fever cases had occurred. In this photo, their driver (foreground) dips out water for the radiator, while other travelers look on.

Location:

Box: 12. Folder: 6

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Photographic prints

Subject:

Yellow Fever and Brazil

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Relation:

Portrait of Mr. Lisboa, village telegraph officer, with Fred L. Soper and Alexander Burke in Coronel Ponce, Mato Grosso, Brazil, 1934
Fred L. Soper and Alexander Burke crossing a bridge to inspect the site of a yellow fever infection near Coronel Ponce, Mato Grosso, Brazil, 1934
Wilbur A. Sawyer crossing a bridge to inspect the site of a yellow fever infection near Coronel Ponce, Mato Grosso, Brazil, 1934
Fred L. Soper, Wilbur A. Sawyer, and their guide in front of a shelter at the site of a yellow fever infection near Coronel Ponce, Mato Grosso, Brazil, 1934

Legacy ID:

LWBBHF

NLM ID:

101584931X109

Profiles Collection:

The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584931X109

Story Section:

The Yellow Fever Laboratory: Rockefeller Foundation, 1928-1937