Leprosy Attacks Even the Tiniest. This child looks like any ordinary Negro baby, but the little one is a victim of leprosy and is interned in the Bibanga Leper Camp, located in the Belgian Congo. Children are particularly susceptible to the disease and often contract it in the first few months of babyhood. But, come what may, this tiny victim still finds pleasure playing with a hymn book.

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Title:
Leprosy Attacks Even the Tiniest. This child looks like any ordinary Negro baby, but the little one is a victim of leprosy and is interned in the Bibanga Leper Camp, located in the Belgian Congo. Children are particularly susceptible to the disease and often contract it in the first few months of babyhood. But, come what may, this tiny victim still finds pleasure playing with a hymn book.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Leprosy
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
Associated Press Photo
Date:
[ca. October 1939]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Leprosy
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 230 x 182 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/nv938b51n
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001409_0003
Barcode:
39999088103591