Photograph of Dr. Diran Yegian, Laboratory Bacteriologist/Chief of Microbiology at the New York State Hospital for Incipient Tuberculosis, AKA Ray Brook Sanatorium. He is wearing an apron labeled "Laboratory" and a lab coat while looking at a test tube in his right hand. He holds a cigarette in his left hand.
A note attached to the back read, "In charge of library. Dr. Yegian's paper showed mechanism through which tubercule bacilli became resistant to drugs. Work done at Ray Brook."
Was part of an album of photographs given to Richard Kegel when he left the staff of the New York State Hospital for Incipient Tuberculosis at Ray Brook, AKA Ray Brook Sanatorium in the 1940s.
Photograph Details
Subject Person or Organization
Yegian, Diran, Dr.
Subject Place
Sanatorium
New York State Hospital for Incipient Tuberculosis
Hamlet
Ray Brook
State/Province
New York
Country
United States of America
Made/Created
Date made
circa 1940 - circa 1949
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Photograph, Black-and-White
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Medical personnel, Physicians, Laboratories, Scientists
Dimensions
Height
6-3/4 in
Width
8-1/4 in
Color
Black-and-white
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Yegian, Diran, Dr.
Related Places
Place
Sanatorium
New York State Hospital for Incipient Tuberculosis
