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Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)
Title:
At The Gates Our safety depends upon official vigilance.
Subject (Keyword):
Yellow Fever
Subject (Keyword):
Smallpox
Subject (Keyword):
Quarantine
Subject (Keyword):
Cholera
Subject (Keyword):
Sanitation
Subject (Keyword):
New York.
Subject (MeSH Term):
Public Health
Appears In:
Harper's Weekly. v. 29, p. 592 New York, Harper & Brothers, Sept. 5, 1885.
Copyright Statement:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Order No.:
A012795
Physical Description:
1 photoprint.
Image Description:
The specters of cholera, yellow fever, and smallpox recoil in fear as their way through the Port of New York is blocked by a barrier on which is written "quarantine" and by an angel holding a sword and shield on which is written "cleanliness."
Note (General):
Old Negative no. 68-281
Note (General):
Photoprint of wood engraving in: Harper's Weekly, 29 (Sept 5, 1885), 592.
Note (General):
Original version wood engraving in Harper's Weekly at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Language:
eng
Restrictions on Access:
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Call Number:
WA 11 C29 no. 631 box 10 sub
Record UI:
101435663

At The Gates Our safety depends upon official vigilance.

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