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[Dr. Frances O. Kelsey, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, addressing the Senate Government Operations subcommittee concerning Thalidomide] – Historic Photograph Print

[Dr. Frances O. Kelsey, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, addressing the Senate Government Operations subcommittee concerning Thalidomide], 1962 August 1. — historic photograph
[Dr. Frances O. Kelsey, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, addressing the Senate Government Operations subcommittee concerning Thalidomide], 1962 August 1.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Dr. Frances O. Kelsey, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, addressing the Senate Government Operations subcommittee concerning Thalidomide]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Dr. Frances O. Kelsey, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, addressing the Senate Government Operations subcommittee concerning Thalidomide]

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Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey is shown here in a head-and-shoulders view, facing the camera as she testified before a Senate subcommittee on Government Operations in 1962. Kelsey was a pharmacologist at the Food and Drug Administration who had refused to approve thalidomide, a sedative sold in Europe that caused severe birth defects in many babies whose mothers had taken it. Her caution kept the drug off the American market, and this United Press International telephoto captures the moment when that decision came under public scrutiny.

Created / published1962 August 1.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreTransmitted images 1960-1970.Portrait photographs 1960-1970.Photographic prints 1960-1970.
NotesDr. Frances Oldham Kelsey was a pharmacologist who worked for the Food & Drug Administration; in her work she was instrumental in preventing the distribution in the United States of the sedative Thalidomide, which was responsible for severe birth defects in babies born in Europe. United Press International telephoto. No. WAP080104. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsKelsey, Frances Oldham,--1914- Legislative hearings--1960-1970. Medicines--1960-1970.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,275 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-207210

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