Title:

Raft tank and temple at Madurai, India

Creator:

Sawyer, Wilbur A.

Date:

[2 April 1921]

Description:

In January 1921, Sawyer met with Dr. Victor Heiser, the director of RF operations in the East. Heiser asked him to come along on a three-month tour of the RF public health sites in southeast Asia, and Sawyer agreed, though it meant missing the birth of his son (who arrived on March 23). His letters to his wife sometimes included his photos of places and people they visited, such as this tank for ceremonial rafts at Madurai.. NOTE: The original photograph is slightly blurry.

Location:

Box: 2. Folder: 2

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Photographic prints

Subject:

India

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Legacy ID:

LWBBKT

NLM ID:

101584931X163

Profiles Collection:

The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584931X163

Story Section:

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