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Cholera epidemic of 1873 in the United States

Mississippi River steamer crowed with men, women and children during the Cholera Epidemic

 

John Maynard Woodworth (1837-1879)
1st Surgeon General: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/history/biowoodworth.htm
Interior of a Mississippi River steamer crowded with men, women, and children 'deck passengers,' ...
Washington: Government Printing Office, c 1875.
1 print : wood engraving Old Negative no. 76-155 520
Many people are sprawled out on the floor among barrels and cartons, wagons, hay, and at the far end of the deck, horses.
Sleep. 6502\a
Mothers & children.
Cholera.
Disease Outbreaks.
Boats.
Book illustrations. Cholera epidemic of 1873 in the United States.
http://wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov/ihm/images/A/12/514.jpg
 

 

 

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