Title:

Burying a baby in the emergency cemetery in Ceara, Brazil

Creator:

?The? Rockefeller Foundation

Date:

1939

Description:

The emergency cemeteries show how rapidly Brazilians were dying of malaria in 1938-1939. This photo shows two men with shovels and a baby in an open coffin surrounded by grave mounds and barb-wire fences.

Location:

Box: 28

Rights:

Courtesy of Fred L. Soper.

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Genre:

Photographic prints

Subject:

Burial

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Legacy ID:

VVBBBP

NLM ID:

101584650X12

Profiles Collection:

The Fred L. Soper Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584650X12

Story Section:

Biographical Information