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Title
Seeks cure for cancer
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1958
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated March 18, 1958 reads, "Dr. W. Steele Livingston, of Hollywood, right, veterinarian who has devoted 16 years to cancer research, has developed extract from human placenta to eliminate cancer. Dr. Livingston, working with laboratory technician Dale Gillette, left, says treatment of dogs, cats and mice shows 'complete regression' of cancer tumors. Grants of $500,000 were contributed by National Cancer Institute, American Cancer Society, Bob Hope Foundation, California Institute for Cancer Research."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00121624
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d026_f1_i14
CARL0005400535
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/54414
Subject
Men--California--San Fernando Valley
Veterinarians--California--San Fernando Valley
Medical laboratories--California--San Fernando Valley
Laboratory animal technicians--California--San Fernando Valley
Microscopes--California--San Fernando Valley
Medical instruments and apparatus--California--San Fernando Valley
Cancer--Research
Cancer--Treatment
Laboratory animals--California--San Fernando Valley
Animal experimentation--California--San Fernando Valley
Mice--California--San Fernando Valley
Veterinary injections--California--San Fernando Valley
Hypodermic needles--California--San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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