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Train for passengers over the sugar railroad, Australia

Title:: Train for passengers over the sugar railroad, Australia
Creator:: Sawyer, Wilbur A.
Date:: 19 February 1920
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. Workers on rural plantations were one focus of the campaign; Sawyer took this train for the first part of his trip from Nambour to Maroochydore.
Location:: Box: 4. Folder: 13
Rights:: Public Domain
Genre:: Photographic prints
Subject:: Australia
Format:: Still Image
Extent:: 1 pages
Legacy ID:: LWBBCS
NLM ID:: 101584931X36
Profiles Collection:: The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584931X36
Story Section:: From Hookworm to Yellow Fever: Rockefeller Foundation, 1919-1927