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1945: Ship carries medicine, doctors to southeast Alaska
The Territorial Department of Health uses the ship the M/S Hygiene to deliver medical services to isolated communities in southeast Alaska.
- Theme
- Medicine Ways
- Region
- Arctic, Northwest Coast, Subarctic
F/S Hygiene (left), alongside the larger M/S Hygiene
Courtesy Earl Albrecht papers, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage
Women and children at the reception area aboard the M/S Hygiene
Courtesy Alaska State Library, Alaska Department of Health & Social Services Photograph Collection
Nurses administering a vaccine aboard the M/S Hygiene
Courtesy Alaska State Library, Alaska Department of Health & Social Services Photograph Collection