Cherry Mine disaster
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Contributor(s):
- Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
- Publication:
- [Illinois?] : [publisher not identified], [1909?]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Nurses Coal Mining Miners Red Cross Asphyxia Disasters Illinois
- Genre(s):
- Postcard
- Abstract:
- Black and white photograph of 2 Red Cross nurses assisting coal miners at the scene of the Cherry Mine fire, in Cherry, Illinois, where 259 men and boys died on November 13, 1909.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : 9 x 14 cm
- Provenance:
- Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
- Technique:
- black and white
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101764431 (See catalog record)
- OCLC no.:
- 1145306963
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101764431