Title:

Laboratory building of the Yellow Fever Laboratory, Lagos, Nigeria

Creator:

Sawyer, Wilbur A.

Date:

20 January 1933

Description:

As Director of Laboratories at the Rockefeller Foundation's International Health Division, Dr. Sawyer served as a delegate to various international health conferences. Returning from a conference on yellow fever in Cape Town in November 1932, he passed through the Belgian Congo (now Zaire) to talk with officials there about yellow fever surveys. He then spent several days visiting staff at the RF yellow fever laboratory in Nigeria. The caption on the back of the photograph reads, "Jan. 20, 1933. Lagos, Nigeria. Laboratory bldg (left) from rear."

Location:

Box: 12. Folder: 4

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Photographic prints

Subject:

Public Health, Yellow Fever, and Nigeria

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Legacy ID:

LWBBGH

NLM ID:

101584931X90

Profiles Collection:

The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584931X90

Story Section:

The Yellow Fever Laboratory: Rockefeller Foundation, 1928-1937