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Illustration of NIH CampusImage Modified
Poster Illustration archive by L. Azzinaro

oil painting in the Office of the DirectorImage Modified
Dr. Joseph J. Kinyoun, founder of the Hygienic Laboratory. Photograph of oil painting in the Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health

Illustration of grim reaper like figureImage Modified
A representation of the cholera epidemic of the nineteenth century. National Library of Medicine photograph archive

Photograph of NIH DirectorImage Modified
Photo of Dr. Kinyoun, photograph courtesy of the NIH Almanac

Photograph of Ida A. Bengtson working in the labImage Modified
Dr. Ida A. Bengtson, the first woman to be hired as a bacteriologist in the Hygienic Laboratory. National Library of Medicine photograph archive.

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black and white photo of SenatorImage Modified
Senator Joseph E. Ransdell of Louisiana. National Library of Medicine photograph archive

old aerial photo of NIH CampusImage Modified
NIH campus, ca. 1947. National Cancer Institute "Building 6" shown to the right. NIH Historical Office photograph archive

Photograph of President speaking at podium in building oneImage Modified
In 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the new NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland. National Archives and Records Administration photograph, courtesy of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, New York

Photograph of workerImage Modified
Industrial worker in protective gear. National Archives and Records Administration. (Note on photographer: this photograph was probably taken by the distinguished African American photographer Gordon Parks, employed during World War II by the United States government to document the war effort.)

Photograph of gas maskImage Modified
WWII Oxygen communications mask. Courtesy of Dr. Adrianne Noe, Director, National Museum of Health and Medicine

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director receiving awardImage Modified
Dr. James A. Shannon, NIH Director, 1955 - 1968, receiving the Distinguished Federal Civilian Service Award from President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966. NIH record, 20 August 1968, p. 1.

photo of directorImage Modified
Dr. James A. Shannon, courtesy of the NIH Almanac

photo of campusImage Modified
National Institute of Health, 1949, NIH Historical Office photograph archive

drawing of clinical centerImage Modified
Artist's 1948 sketch for the NIH Clinical Center. NIH Historical Office photograph archive

photo of mouse in deviceImage Modified
"In 1944, X-ray treatments for cancer were first tested on tumors for mice. This instrument was used to position the mouse so that only the tumor to be irradiated was exposed while the rest of the body was protected." National Library of Medicine photograph archive

Person getting ice poured on them in operating room during open-heart surgeryImage Modified
"In 1955, open-heart surgery was performed at the NIH Clinical Center using hypothermia." National Library of Medicine photograph archive

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Photo of StettenImage Modified
Dr. DeWitt Stetten, Jr. NIH Historical Office photographic archive.

photo of NLMImage Modified
National Library of Medicine. NIH Historical Office photograph archive

poster for conferenceImage Modified
Poster for a 1995 Consensus Development Conference about a medical problem widely suffered by travelers. Medical Arts and Photography Branch poster, National Institutes of Health

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Poster for 1997 Consensus Development Conference on biomaterials. Medical Arts and Photography Branch poster, National Institutes of Health

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Poster for 1997 conference on arthritis and osteoporosis, sponsored by the NIH Office for Research on Women's Health. Medical Arts and Photography Branch, National Institutes of Health