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Schick Test

April 20, 1922

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Schick Test
  • Title
  • Schick Test
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • April 20, 1922
  • Identifier
  • 715.222568.CP
  • Description
  • A view of a child's arms after a Schick Test at the Saint Joseph's Orphanage. The test was used to determine the susceptibility of a person to contracting Diphtheria.
  • Extent
  • 5 x 7 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Children
    Injections
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Troy Hill (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2000
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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