Surgeon General breaks ground for cancer institute. Bethesda, MD. Jan. 11. Surgeon General Thomas Parran, of the U.S. Public Health Service photographed while breaking ground for the erection of three new buildings to be erected for the National Institute of Health, research unit for the U.S. Public
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- 1938
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- Harris & Ewing
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"Surgeon General breaks ground for cancer institute. Bethesda, MD. Jan. 11. Surgeon General Thomas Parran, of the U.S. Public Health Service photographed while breaking ground for the erection of three new buildings to be erected for the National Institute of Health, research unit for the U.S. Public" (1938). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Surgeon_General_breaks_ground_for_cancer_institute._Bethesda,_MD._Jan._11._Surgeon_General_Thomas_Parran,_of_the_U.S._Public_Health_Service_photographed_while_breaking_ground_for_the_LCCN2016872851.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 297297.
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