Details - Public Health Image Library(PHIL)

ID#:

8513

Caption:

This historic 1917 photograph depicted a man drinking from an unsatisfactorily designed drinking water fountain, on the campus of a Minnesota university, on May, 11th that year. The Minnesota Department of Health examined the University’s drinking fountains, and determined that the designs increased chances for bacterial contamination. Diagrammatic examples of unsatisfactory drinking fountain nozzles can be seen in PHIL 8514, while a drawing of an improved water fountain nozzle can be seen in PHIL 8515. The descriptive information accompanying the drawing referred to a governmental publication with instructions on how to avoid such design-related problems. This is one of a series of instructional images used by the Minnesota Board of Health to train its public health workers. The purpose of the images and the training was focused on protecting public water supplies from bacterial contamination, by implementing improved technologies.

High Resolution:

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Content Provider(s):

CDC/ Minnesota Department of Health, R.N. Barr Library; Librarians Melissa Rethlefsen and Marie Jones

Creation Date:

1917

Photo Credit:

Links:

Minnesota Health Department
CDC – Healthy Water

Categories:

CDC Organization