Lou Ann Markle arriving in Portland for medical treatment
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- 1936-02-23
Photograph of a girl, Lou Ann Markle, lying on a gurney, covered with a blanket. At right are two unidentified ambulance attendance. The photograph was taken on February 23, 1936, after Markle, age 10, arrived in Portland to be treated for a leg infection at Shriners Hospital for Children. She was transported from her home of Anchorage, Alaska, by steamship and train. Image note: The name “Lou Ann Markell [sic]” is written on the negative and is visible at the bottom of the image.