Wellcome Building: Film Unit Wellcome Laboratories of Tropical Medicine (WLTM) Laboratories Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine Visitors / Friends

Folder 1. Production of yellow fever vaccine at W.L.T.M. 1946 images are accompanied by a hand written list of individual descriptions relating to the images. Folder 2. WLTM Library The reading room of the Wellcome Library include images taken at the Jubilee, 1963, 1986; entrance corridor to the library c.1963. There is one colour negative of the Reading room. Folder 3. WLTM Images of interior of WLTM, 183 Euston Rd, include a technician working in Malaria Lab, 4th floor, c. 1941; J Prescott with yellow fever vaccine apparatus; distillation room, 4th floor; employees identified from WLTM at Rio, International Tropical Medical Congress, c. 1958; research on prostaglandins c. 1970. Pharmacology laboratory, 6th floor; employees identified at work in WLTM. Folder 4. Laboratories- images of and staff working in laboratories at the Wellcome Tropical Medicine lab's, c.1939; Wellcome Bureau of Scientific Research, technician at work; Bio-chemical lab; production of yellow fever vaccine lab; Dr. Oldham attending a patient in hospital tent at Jebel Moya; Goodwins labs. - chemo theraphy, 6th floor; lab. 1 Room 44, c. 1932. Folder 5. Wellcome Bureau of Scientific Research. Group shots of employees , some identified, shots taken c. 1943, c. 1954; social events; retirement presentations include presentation of a camera- Dr. Goodwin with Dr. Adamsen, 1963; retirement of Cecil Hoare. Folder 6. Tropical Medicine. Laboratories of Tropical Medicine at Beckenham, Kent, include image of June Harkham fostering snails; Mr. Keeling, Head of Helminthology, June 1971; proofs of scientists working in laboratories. Folder 7. Film Unit. Fisher and Goodwin, first film by Douglas Fisher in Wellcome Film Unit. Film Unit staff group- Florence Anthony, Jo Fisher, J Watson, O Stach? Images for Curare film; caricatures of staff in Wellcome Film Unit taken in 1946. Folder 8 and 9. WTRL. Exhibition opening in Reading Room c. 1962 with negatives, prints show display panels which formed part of exhibition and people (unidentified) at the reception in the Reading Room. Folder 10. Festival of Britain, History of Pharmacy Exhibition 1951, images of opening ceremony with Sir Howard Florey, E. Ashworth Underwood, D. E. Wheeler. Folder 11. Visits and Events. Reception by WFL for International Congress of the History of Pharmacy, 1965; Pensioners and long service dinner, 1989- people unidentified; policemen on motorbikes leaving Wellcome with emergency supplies of 'Marboran' for a sick child; Chairman, Shepperd with US Astronaut Wally Schirra, c.1985; Symposium on Arabic Medicine at WIHM; Russian Ambassadsor's visit c. 1986; Japanese visit to Wellcome, c.1985; Sumitomo Chemicals and Nippon Wellcome staff with HQ staff at Wellcome building, 1983; European Hygiene panel meeting, Euston Road, 1986 negatives; Italian Ambassador visit, 1983; Dutch scientists visit WMMS, 1984; Hungarian Minister of Foreign trade visit, 1984. Folder 12 . The Queen's visit to the Wellcome building on Wellcome Trust's 50th anniversary, images include the Queen signing the visitors book at the reception with Sir David Steel and Mr Shepperd looking on, visit date 4/12/1986.

c.1930-c.1980

12 Items Photographs

by subject

Copyright assigned to the Wellcome Trust