Celebrates Anniversary--Leo Allen Boyd, 51-year-old retired railroad yardmaster from Chippewa, Ontario, Canada, is shown with his wife, Iline, at St. Lukes' Hospital in Houston, Texas. Boyd has been a patient at the hospital since having a heart transplant Nov. 16, 1968 and is the only survivor of the 20 recipients of the heart transplants performed by the surgery team headed by Dr. Denton Cooley.

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Title:
Celebrates Anniversary--Leo Allen Boyd, 51-year-old retired railroad yardmaster from Chippewa, Ontario, Canada, is shown with his wife, Iline, at St. Lukes' Hospital in Houston, Texas. Boyd has been a patient at the hospital since having a heart transplant Nov. 16, 1968 and is the only survivor of the 20 recipients of the heart transplants performed by the surgery team headed by Dr. Denton Cooley.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Heart Transplant
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. November 1969]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Hearts (Anatomy)
Surgery
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 280 x 204 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/v692x6966
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_001249_0005
Barcode:
39999088103351