Cholera Peru - Villagers washing clothes at well just outside Lima

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Cholera Peru - Villagers washing clothes at well just outside Lima

Date4/28/1991

Names

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Weil, Bernard (photographer)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Cholera Peru - Villagers washing clothes at well just outside Lima. The place smelled of rotting sewage, and is contaminated with human waste.

Subject

Medical care

Cholera

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0026205F

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