Cholera Peru - Women washing clothes at well outside Lima

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Cholera Peru - Women washing clothes at well outside Lima

Date4/28/1991

Names

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Weil, Bernard (photographer)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Cholera Peru - Women washing clothes at well outside Lima. Human waste is everywhere. The place smelled of rotting sewage.

Subject

Cholera

Medical care

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0026204F

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