|
Series Number |
Project |
Series Title |
Description |
Date Taken |
Project Dates |
OP # |
Negatives |
Contact Prints |
8x10 Prints |
Digital # |
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35.01 |
Public Health |
City-State Laboratory |
Interior views of the city-state laboratory in the City Hall at New Orleans. WPA clerical workers and technicians are assigned to the laboratory to assist the regular staff. |
2/18/1941 |
7 |
0 |
1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7 | |||
|
35.02 |
Public Health |
Mosquito Control |
WPA workers are shown here spraying fuel oil to kill malaria mosquitoes in the area adjacent to the U.S. Army's recreation center and other army and navy facilities on the lakefront. The work of malaria control is being carried on under a national defense project in the vicinity of military reservations throughout Louisiana. Daniel L. Schmucker is in charge of the work. Exterior. |
8/4/1941 |
10 |
0 |
1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10 | |||
|
35.03 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project |
Display of nursing project for "This Work Pays Your Community Week." Interior. |
6/10/1940 |
4 |
4 |
1; 2; 3; 4 | |||
|
35.04 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (Colored) |
Colored nurse instructing mother on care of sick child in bed. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.05 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (Colored) |
Registering colored baby and mother at clinic. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.06 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (Colored) |
Colored patients waiting at clinic. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.07 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (Colored) |
Negro nurse bathing negro baby in presence of mother. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
0 |
1 | |||
|
35.08 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (Colored) |
Colored helper from nursing unit. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
0 |
1 | |||
|
35.09 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (Colored) |
Colored nurse visiting family on doorstep of home. Exterior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
0 |
1 | |||
|
35.10 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
Room ready for delivery. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
2 |
2 |
1; 2 | |||
|
35.11 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
WPA nurse attending infant in home while mother looks on. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
2 |
0 |
1 | |||
|
35.12 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
Weighing baby in clinic. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.13 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
WPA visiting nurse. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
0 |
1 | |||
|
35.14 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
Nurse handing new-born baby to mother with negro maid looking on. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.15 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
Doctor examines child in clinic. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.16 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
Dentist examining child's teeth. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
0 |
1 | |||
|
35.17 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
WPA nurse visiting mother and child in living room. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
0 |
1 | |||
|
35.18 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
Doctor taking blood pressure, Maternity Center. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.19 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
Nurse holding armful of babies. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.20 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
Nurse visiting family on gallery. Exterior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
0 |
1 | |||
|
35.21 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
Nurse instructing maid in presence of mother. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.22 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
Babies at Maternity Center. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.23 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
Registering of mother and child. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.24 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
Three kiddies of the nursing project. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.25 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
WPA Public Health nurses keep up efficiently by constant study. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
3 |
1 |
1; 2; 3 | |||
|
35.26 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
Nurse bathing child in bed. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.27 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
Nurse putting drops in new-born baby's eyes. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.28 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
Maternity Center--WPA nurse with babies. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.29 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
Eight month old babies of the Nursing Project. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.30 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
Prospective mothers receiving instructions on bathing and dressing of infants. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
2 |
1 |
1; 2 | |||
|
35.31 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
WPA nurse preparing formula. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
0 |
1 | |||
|
35.32 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
WPA nurse with baby. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.33 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
Baby nursing bottle. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.34 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
WPA nurse with baby at Maternity Center. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.35 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
Baby in "go-cart." Exterior. |
9/24/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.36 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
Another view of nurse with baby. Interior. |
9/24/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.37 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
WPA nurse with Welfare agent visiting home of relief client. Interior. |
11/20/1937 |
5 |
5 |
1; 2; 3; 4; 5 | |||
|
35.38 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
Mother bathing baby according to instructions of WPA nurse. Interior. |
undated |
1 |
0 |
1 | |||
|
35.39 |
Public Health |
Nursing Project (White) |
WPA nurse attending new-born baby. Interior. |
undated |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.40 |
Public Health |
Ragweed Project |
WPA workmen cutting ragweed on Memphis Street near Filmore Avenue in Lakeview. This crew launched the spring campaign against hay fever weeds in New Orleans. Exterior. |
6/6/1939 |
4 |
4 |
1; 2; 3; 4 | |||
|
35.41 |
Public Health |
Ragweed Project |
Copies of newspaper clippings relative to the inauguration of ragweed extermination project in New Orleans. Interior. |
5/13/1940 |
7 |
7 |
1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7 | |||
|
35.42 |
Public Health |
Ragweed Project |
Copy of letter from J. M. Batchelor, Superintendent of Public Health, endorsing the ragweed project in New Orleans. Interior. |
5/13/1940 |
4 |
4 |
1; 2; 3; 4 | |||
|
35.43 |
Public Health |
Rat Project |
Close-up of man inspecting rat guard on dock. Exterior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.44 |
Public Health |
Rat Project |
Technician removing fleas from rats to make injection fluid. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.45 |
Public Health |
Rat Project |
Man placing canvas rat guard on ship. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.46 |
Public Health |
Rat Project |
Laboratory man removing guinea pig from cage. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.47 |
Public Health |
Rat Project |
Workers with rat traps on their daily route. Exterior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
0 |
1 | |||
|
35.48 |
Public Health |
Rat Project |
Inspecting rat guard on ship. Exterior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.49 |
Public Health |
Rat Project |
Man placing baited trap. Exterior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
0 |
1 | |||
|
35.50 |
Public Health |
Rat Project |
Rat guards on ship and docks. Exterior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
0 |
1 | |||
|
35.51 |
Public Health |
Rat Project |
General view showing rat guard attached to ships. Exterior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
0 |
1 | |||
|
35.52 |
Public Health |
Rat Project |
Man inspecting double rat guard on ship. Exterior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.53 |
Public Health |
Rat Project |
Inspecting rat guard on dock. Exterior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.54 |
Public Health |
Rat Project |
Man placing steel trap in rafters. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.55 |
Public Health |
Rat Project |
Men preparing food for bait. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.56 |
Public Health |
Rat Project |
Making microscopic test of fleas for typhus and bubonic. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
|
35.57 |
Public Health |
Rat Project |
Assorting rats in laboratory. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
0 |
1 | |||
|
35.58 |
Public Health |
Rat Project |
Dissecting rat. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
0 |
1 | |||
|
35.59 |
Public Health |
Rat Project |
Injection of fluid into guinea pig. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
0 |
1 | |||
|
35.60 |
Public Health |
Rat Project |
Nailing rats on shingles for inspection. Interior. |
9/14/1936 |
1 |
0 |
1 | |||
|
35.61 |
Public Health |
Statewide Public Health Project (Negro) |
This project is making an important contribution to public health and community welfare by providing professional and non-professional assistance to public hospitals and clinics thereby releasing the regular staff of time consuming tasks. This photo shows WPA clerks and technicians at the Flint-Goodrich Hospital in New Orleans. |
3/5/1941 |
13 |
0 |
1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13 | |||
|
35.62 |
Public Health |
Venereal Disease Control Project |
WPA workers enter patients into the clinics, type medical histories, keep clinic reports of all patients, and report venereal disease instances to the State Board of Health. Interior. |
1/19/1940 |
6 |
6 |
1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6 | |||
|
35.63 |
Public Health |
Venereal Disease Control Project |
The massive drip treatment for syphilis, the object of lengthy research by doctors of the U.S. Public Health Service, may be the answer to America's venereal disease control problem. These photographs show various operations in the treatment. Doctors of the Marine Hospital are assisted by technicians and nurses employed by the WPA. Interior. |
4/14/1942 |
11 |
0 |
1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11 |
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