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Wop May and Vic Horner greeted at Peace River on the way to Fort Vermilion.

from Provincial Archives of Alberta

• jamica1 said:

  Great juxtaposition of two technologies

• Provincial Archives of Alberta said:

  I wish that riverboats like those were still a common sight on Alberta's rivers.

Mercy Flight: Wop May and Vic Horner off to Fort Vermilion with diptheria antitoxin.

from Provincial Archives of Alberta

• Swordscookie said:

  Such an important image and such an important event. Now that Diphtheria is almost wiped out most young people will never have heard of it. When I was a child it was one of the great fears for families with children. There must have been a big outbreak up there.

• Provincial Archives of Alberta said:

  There was a big outbreak at the time and the only way to get medicine to them was via air. It was big news at the time.