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C. Everett Koop and his wife Betty on their way to board a ship in Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Title:: C. Everett Koop and his wife Betty on their way to board a ship in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Date:: September 1964
Description:: Koop, who as Surgeon General, warned tirelessly against the dangers of smoking, gave up his occasional pipe in the early 1970s.
Rights:: Courtesy of C. Everett Koop.
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Genre:: Photographic prints
Format:: Still Image
Extent:: 1 pages
Legacy ID:: QQBBTN
NLM ID:: 101584930X320
Profiles Collection:: The C. Everett Koop Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584930X320
Story Section:: Tobacco, Second-Hand Smoke, and the Campaign for a Smoke-Free America