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Vivien Thomas, portrait
Painting
"Vivien Thomas holding pipe, portrait photograph"
Photo of Vivien Thomas holding pipe, portrait photograph
Wallet Trammell Replica
A replica of a wallet fashioned out of tin containing “Freedom Papers.”
It belonged to Joseph Trammell, a free Black man who lived in the state of Virginia in 1852. Trammel’s papers guarded him against becoming someone’s property but did not…
It belonged to Joseph Trammell, a free Black man who lived in the state of Virginia in 1852. Trammel’s papers guarded him against becoming someone’s property but did not…
The first Blalock-Taussig anastomosis by Dr. Helen Taussig. 1968
Pediatric Cardiologist Helen Taussig, along with Vivien Thomas and Alfred Blalock, pioneered the first surgical operation to treat tetralogy of fallot, a congenital heart defect commonly called "blue baby syndrome", due to the characteristic blue…