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Earthquake/Turkey

Margaret Bourke-White1940

LIFE Photo Collection

LIFE Photo Collection
New York City, United States

Turkish surgeon Dr. Necmi Ayanoglu (L) finishing up his operation on pleurisy patient's back, in a makeshift railroad car surgery after an earthquake destroyed the hospital.

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  • Title: Earthquake/Turkey
  • Date: 1940
  • Location: Erzincan, Turkey
  • Physical Dimensions: B/W PRINT
  • Subject Keywords: Turkey, Lungs, Turkish, Nurses, Operating Scenes, Necmi Ayanoglu, Doctors, Medicine, Earthquakes, Vintage Print, 1940s
  • Publisher: TimeLife
  • Usage: For personal non-commercial use only
  • Provider: LIFE
  • Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White
  • Original ID: TimeLife_image_732700
  • Credits: LIFE
  • Copyright: © Time Inc.
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