Homer J. Hartzell Photography Collection

Dr. Homer J. Hartzell headed the Cleveland infectious disease hospital during the city's last smallpox epidemic, in 1901-1902. Hartzell kept a personal photographic log of the epidemic, as seen in the photos presented here. Some 75 glass negatives, 40 lantern slides, and a small album came to the Dittrick in 1986, along with Hartzell's own camera used to capture the epidemic.Photo left: Hartzell's Pony Premo E camera which sold for $8.00 in the Rochester Optical Company Catalogue in 1898.

Below is a sampling of photographs from the Hartzell album.

 

 

Return to Smallpox exhibit main page