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Title
Two medics at dispensary at Jiangmen, China, 1936
Creator
Connors, Fr
Date Created and/or Issued
1936
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, P.O. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description
This is a photograph of "Our two medics, Drs. Blaber [right] and Bagalawis [from Manila] with a group of patients outside the dispensary door."
Dr. Harry Blaber, from Brooklyn, New York went to China for Maryknoll in 1935 to work with Frs. Joseph Sweeney and Francis Connors in their leprosarium in south China. After an initial five years he returned to the U.S., married and went back to China with his wife for another two years. -- Dr. Artemio J. Bagalawis, from Manila, Philippines worked with Dr. Harry Blaber at the leprosarium in south China. He staffed a clinic in Toishan and joined Fr. Frank Connors to work in the leprosarium in the 1930's.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints 8.5 x 5.8 cm.
Identifier
impa-m7050 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-023-04-0007
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m7050
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-023-04-0007.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Medical assistance
Missionary work
General views
Time Period
1936
Place
China
Kongmoon
Source
MKL/China/023/04/0007 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
impa-m338

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