- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- Dr. C. E. Irwin - F. D. R.
- Date of Original:
- 1934/1936
- Subject:
- Georgia Warm Springs Foundation--Employees
Health facilities--Georgia--Warm Springs--Employees
Public Health--Georgia--Warm Springs - People:
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Meriwether County, Warm Springs, 32.89041, -84.68104
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- "Dowdells Knob at picnic, Warm Springs, ca. mid-1930s. "Dr. Ed"-known as by friends and associates. Dr. Charles Edwin Irwin with F. D. R. These picnics were popular event at the Rehab. Center. Dr. Irwin, internationally famous polio physician came to Warm Springs in 1934 at FDR's request to perfect the after effects of polio from Emory University. Came at FDR's request to perfect the development of the foundation's work in rehab treatment. Irwin's first position was as Medical Director and later Chief Surgeon. Note: silver print."--from field notes
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_mer026
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:mer026
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
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- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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