| Benziger Brothers Father Damien, Leper colony n.d. Cabinet card Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (47 / 156) LL/11366 Priest who worked at a leper colony and contracted leprosy from which he died in 1873. He was considered a paradigm of humane self-sacrifice. Cabinet card by Benziger Brothers, sold for the benefit of the Leper Mission.
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