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S-182 Dr. Hugh E. Mauldin Photo Collection
S-182 Dr. Hugh E. Mauldin Photo Collection

Topic
  • Disasters and Phenomena
  • Places--Foreign
  • Medicine
Document Type
  • Photograph
Wars & Conflicts
Navy Communities
File Formats
  • Image (gif, jpg, tiff)
Location of Archival Materials
  • NHHC
Author Name
Place of Event
Recipient Name
Title: S-182 Dr. Hugh E. Mauldin Photograph Collection
Description: 27 black and white photographs showing earthquake destruction at Managua, Nicaragua, 1931, and ensuing US Navy and Marine Corps rescue activities. Receiving via the Bureau of Medicine in 1976. Views show ruined buildings, smoke from fires, recovery of bodies, and medical tents assisting patients. Dr. Mauldin and his wife, a registered nurse, assisted in the efforts. Also 1 photo of Dental Department, US Naval Hospital, Charleston, South Carolina, 1927.
Accession#: S
Catalog#: S-182
Donor: Dr. Hugh E. Mauldin, via Bureau of Medicine
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
Circa: 1927-1931