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Bubonic plague collection -- Port Elizabeth in 1938

Title: Bubonic plague collection -- Port Elizabeth in 1938
Description: This collection is a specialised photographic and archival set held by the Cory Library for Humanities Research. It documents a critical public health event in South African history: the 1938 outbreak of bubonic plague in Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha).

This collection provides a visual and record-based account of the anti-plague measures and the socio-spatial impact of the 1938 outbreak, particularly affecting the Black and Coloured communities.
Date Issued: 1938
Language: English
Provenance: Materials curated by the Cory Library as part of their regional historical archives
Type: Collection
Subject: Bubonic plague -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- 1938; Public health -- South Africa -- History; Urban health; Epidemics
Spatial Coverage: Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha), Eastern Cape, South Africa
Format: Digitized photographic prints