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“This Man Was Never Vaccinated Against Smallpox,” Baltimore Health News 16, no. 2 (Nov. 1939). Image provided by Chapin Library of Rare Books, Williams College.

Date created
1939
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This photograph copyright ©1939. All Rights Reserved
Source
Original image housed by Chapin Library of Rare Books, Williams College

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  • Two worlds: Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony: First part of a North Carolina history text for secondary students, covering the land, American Indians before contact with Europeans, Spanish exploration, the Roanoke colony, and the Columbian Exchange. (Page 5.4)

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Black and white photograph of a man afflicted with smallpox.  He is lying on a bed with a cloth covering his eyes.  His face and torso are covered with a rash.

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This photograph of a smallpox victim appeared in the Baltimore Health News in 1939.