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The entrance to the Suez Canal, from the S.S. Macedonia

Title:: The entrance to the Suez Canal, from the S.S. Macedonia
Creator:: Sawyer, Wilbur A.
Date:: 4 May 1924
Description:: The Sawyer family left Australia in January 1924, returning to New York via Ceylon, India, Egypt, and Europe. Dr. Sawyer, as the Rockefeller Foundation's assistant regional director for the East, spent the first part of the journey visiting RF hookworm control sites (and potential sites) in Ceylon and India, but combined this with sightseeing. The caption on the back of the photograph reads, "May 4, 1924. Entering the Canal at Suez. S.S. Macedonia on right."
Location:: Box: 10. Folder: 8
Rights:: Public Domain
Genre:: Photographic prints
Subject:: Egypt
Format:: Still Image
Extent:: 1 pages
Legacy ID:: LWBBDR
NLM ID:: 101584931X56
Profiles Collection:: The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584931X56
Story Section:: Biographical Information