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Title	Dr. R. A. Vonderlehr, Assistant Surgeon-General of the United States Visiting the Norfolk Public Clinic, 1938 - Norfolk, Virginia
Date	1938-08-16
Time Period	1930s
Description	August 16, 1938 photograph of Dr. Raymond A. Vonderlehr, Assistant Surgeon-General of the United States Public Health Service visiting the Norfolk Public Clinic in Norfolk, Virginia. The previous evening, he had spoke at the national convention of the National Medical Association. While in Norfolk, Vonderlehr, who was also chief of the division of syphilis in the U.S. Public Health Service, inspected the local clinic for the treatment of African Americans with syphilis at the request of its founder, Dr. D. W. Byrd.
Subjects	Hospitals Hospitals--Virginia--Norfolk. Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service Vonderlehr, Raymond Aloysius, 1897-
Keywords	Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk Public Health Clinic National Medical Association Vonderlehr, Raymond A. United States Public Health Service Byrd, D. W. Syphilis African Americans Medical personnel Medicine Bute Street St. Paul Street Hospitals Saint Paul Street
Location	Norfolk (Va.)
Photographer	Norfolk Ledger Dispatch Photo Staff
Company	Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch Newspaper
Repository	Norfolk Public Library (Va.), Sargeant Memorial Collection;
Host Institution	Norfolk Public Library (Va.);
Copyright Holder	Norfolk Public Library (Va.), Sargeant Memorial Collection;
Usage Rights	This material is copyrighted by the Norfolk Public Library. Reproduction in any form or by any means for reasons other than personal use is strictly prohibited without prior written permission from Norfolk Public Library. For further information or to obtain a high resolution digital copy of this image, please contact the Sargeant Memorial Collection staff at the Norfolk Public Library.
File Name	smc-vp-fnl000034-001.jpg
Genre/Form	Photograph
Type	Still Image
Original Format	Film Negative
Original Dimensions	4 x 5"
Digital Format	JPG
Headline	Health Chief on Visit Here (article); Health Authority Visits Clinic Here (image).
Notes	SMC Digitization Phase 3. See the Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, 8/16/1938, page 16.
Source	From SMC Photograph Collection, FNL34.
Collection	The Virginian-Pilot Photograph Collection SMC Photograph Collection
GPS Coordinates	36.852351, -76.285535
Norfolk AIR	36.852351, -76.285535

Dr. R. A. Vonderlehr, Assistant Surgeon-General of the United States Visiting the Norfolk Public Clinic, 1938 - Norfolk, Virginia

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