We talk to Professor Catherine Walshe about this card, which signified the presence of Diphtheria in Lancaster in the 1930s. We discuss how the disease spread, how people coped with it, and the parallels that can be drawn with the COVID pandemic.
43. Chi Rho Lamp
42. Ophthalmic Case
41. Phoenix Foundry Workers Photograph
40. Backstaff
39. Lancaster Plate
38. Greenwood’s Device
37. John Dalton Portrait
36. Neolithic Axe
35. Telescope Postcard
34. Hag Stone
33. Seaman’s Sixpence Logbook
32. Funeral Biscuits Leaflet
31. Buck Ruxton’s Diary
30. Edwardian Postcard
29. 18th Century Fork
28. Roman Inscription Stone
27. Execution Document
26. T.D.Smith Shop Sign
25. Kludonometric Tide Table
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