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Armenia earthquake survivor

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Armenian boy who survived an earthquake is hooked up to a ventilator and wearing a hospital gown seated in a chair. He is visiting with an Alaskan Malamute and black cat (both off camera) brought in my aid worker Molly Meyer (partially seen). A white man, either an interpreter or the boy's father, is crouching down and partially seen at the left.
Date Published
1989-01-01
1989-12-31
Subjects
Women, White
Men, White
Boys
Children--Hospital care
Hospital patients
Children, White
Volunteer workers in hospitals
Respirators (Medical equipment)
Medical instruments and apparatus
Armenians
Translators
Fathers
Domestic animals--Therapeutic use
Earthquakes
Soviet Union, Western
Time Periods
1981-1990
Notes

1989

Handwritten note on verso: VEW Molly Meyer with Armenian Earthquake victim 1989.

Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : color print ; 9 x 12 cm
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection
Source File
umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-01717.tif
Genres
Color photographs
Snapshots
Group portraits
Types
photographs
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
Rights
In Copyright.
All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections at specialcollections@umkc.edu for more information.

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