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Title
Dentist tools and strings of teeth, Hong Kong, China, 1939
Creator
Kroch, George
Date Created and/or Issued
1939-11-14
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
Photograph of outdoor dentist office with pliers and other extracting tools. Strings of teeth hang on strings as proof of success.
"Proof that dentists get what they're after in China."
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 6.3 x 9.1 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m2474 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-001-10-0002
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m2474
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-001-10-0002.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Urban population
Medical treatment
Exterior views
Time Period
1939-11-14
Place
China
Hong Kong
Source
MKL/China/001/10/0002 [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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