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Description: A portrait of Vivien Theodore Thomas, the pioneering African-American surgical technician who helped develop the famous blue baby operation, was commissioned by his many colleagues and trainees at Johns Hopkins and was presented at the…

Vivien Thomas and assistants operating on laboratory dog at Vanderbilt University circa 1930s. 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 2.5 x 3.5 in.

This arm band was initially worn by Vashti Bartlett when she marched with the Red Cross in President Taft's 1909 inauguration parade. This is the same style of arm bands worn by Red Cross nurses like Bartlett when serving with the Red Cross in World…