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The President's birthday ball "So we may dance again" Fight infantile paralysis.

The President's birthday ball "So we may dance again" Fight infantile ...

Poster for The President Hotel's birthday ball "so we may dance again" to raise funds in support of the fight to cure infantile paralysis. More information about the WPA Posters is available at http://hdl.loc.g... More

Manpower. Handicapped workers. Ineligible for the army because of physical handicaps, James C. Schneider (left) and John D. Arrowood are two of Uncle Sam's ablest soldiers of production. They are inspectors of airplane motor parts in a Baltimore factory. Twenty-year-old Schneider has not let infantile paralysis interfere with war work, nor has twenty-four-year-old Arrowood allowed his polio-disabled leg and curvature of the spine to prevent his making a valuable contribution to the war effort. White Engineering Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Handicapped workers. Ineligible for the army because of phys...

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White House flooded with dimes for paralysis fight. Washington, D.C., Jan. 25. Barbara Councilor and Ethel Haberkorn, Workers in the White House Mail Room, attempting to keep up with the flood of dimes which are coming to the President's Birthday Ball Committee to add to the fund to right infantile paralysis, 1-25- 39

White House flooded with dimes for paralysis fight. Washington, D.C., ...

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Manpower. Handicapped workers. Joseph Witte, twenty-eight years old, is one of Uncle Sam's disabled war workers. With both legs afflicted by infantile paralysis, he's nevertheless an expert lathe operator and assistant foreman in a Baltimore factory. He's shown here turning the inside radius of spacers, which are part of an airplane motor's supercharger. White Engineering Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Handicapped workers. Joseph Witte, twenty-eight years old, i...

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Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sister Kenny with two-year-old Winifred Gorman, a patient at the Kenny Institute. Winifred was admitted in November, 1942, a very serious case, stricken with infantile paralysis in both legs, spine and abdomen. She can now walk and use her arms freely. She is almost completely recovered, and will be discharged in a few weeks

Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sister Kenny with two-year-old Winifred Gorman...

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Disease makes ghost town of boy scout camp. Presidential order delaying the Boy Scout Jamboree for a year because of infantile paralysis in Virginia made a ghost town of the city of tents before the camp came properly to life. Nearly $300,000 was spent on construction of the camp. The Jamboree is expected to be held here a year hence. Photo made from Goodyear Airship Enterprise. 8/9/35

Disease makes ghost town of boy scout camp. Presidential order delayin...

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WHITE HOUSE TEA GIVEN FOR WOMEN LEADERS IN THE 'FIGHT INFANTILE PARALYSIS' CAMPAIGN, WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 11. FOLLOWING A TEA AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY, MRS. ROOSEVELT AND PROMINENT WOMEN LEADERS IN THE 'FIGHT INFANTILE PARALYSIS' CAMPAIGN BROADCAST OVER A COAST-TO-COAST NETWORK THE URGENT NEED FOR MORE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE REHABILITATION OF INFANTILE PARALYSIS PATIENTS IN THIS COUNTRY. L TO R: MARGARET McBRIDE, KNOWN AS MARTHA DEAN OF THE RADIO; MRS. GIFFORD PINCHOT, MRS. HARRY WOODRING; REP. EDITH NOURSE ROGERS; AND CATHREEN CARRICO, OF CLINTON, MD, WHO CONTRACTED INFANTILE PARALYSIS WHEN A SMALL CHILD AND WHO STAGED A REMARKABLE RECOVERY. SHE NOW SINGS OVER THE RADIO

WHITE HOUSE TEA GIVEN FOR WOMEN LEADERS IN THE 'FIGHT INFANTILE PARALY...

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FIRST LADY CUTS PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CAKE. WASHINGTON, D.C. AS A CLIMAX TO HER ATTENDANCE AT MANY OF THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY BALLS IN THE CAPITAL TONIGHT, MRS. ROOSEVELT CUTS THE OFFICIAL PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CAKE AT THE WARDMAN PARK HOTEL. THIS WAS THE LAST CELEBRATION THE FIRST LADY ATTENDED BEFORE RETURNING TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO LISTEN TO THE PRESIDENT THANK THE NATION OVER THE AIR FOR THEIR INTEREST IN THE FIGHT AGAINST INFANTILE PARALYSIS

FIRST LADY CUTS PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CAKE. WASHINGTON, D.C. AS A CLIMA...

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Manpower. Handicapped workers. With both arms and legs crippled by infantile paralysis, pretty Mary Elizabeth Conway, twenty-one, does a war job for Uncle Sam, and loves it. She's painting Y's for airplane engines at the Maryland League for Crippled Children, working on a contract to a Baltimore engineering company. White Engineering Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Handicapped workers. With both arms and legs crippled by inf...

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President's trip abroad meeting with Churchill. President Roosevelt is about to cut into birthday cake. Enroute in a big plane from Trinidad to Miami on his 61st birthday anniversary, he had to forego his customary personal address to celebrate at birthday balls throughout the United States for the benefit of infantile paralysis suffers. At his right is his chief military advisor, Admiral William D. Leahy. Looking on with deep interest from the other side of the table is Harry L. Hopkins. Lieutenant Cone, captain of the plane, is at Hopkins' left

President's trip abroad meeting with Churchill. President Roosevelt is...

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Minneapolis, Minnesota. Winifred and Kathelene Gorman at the Kenny Institute. Winifred is an infantile paralysis patient and is being visited by her sister

Minneapolis, Minnesota. Winifred and Kathelene Gorman at the Kenny Ins...

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Minneapolis, Minnesota. Marvin Goldstein, an infantile paralysis patient, doing an exercise to show freedom of the entire leg at a class conducted by Sister Kenny for technicians and doctors

Minneapolis, Minnesota. Marvin Goldstein, an infantile paralysis patie...

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PRESIDENT'S NEXT BIRTHDAY TO BE AGAIN USED IN NATIONAL 'FIGHT INFANTILE PARALYSIS.' WASHINGTON, D.C. OCTOBER 25. AT A WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE TODAY, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AUTHORIZED THE USE OF HIS NEXT BIRTHDAY FOR THE NATIONAL 'FIGHT INFANTILE PARALYSIS' CAMPAIGN, AND AT THE SAME TIME, ANNOUNCED THE PERSONNEL OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WHICH HE HAS PERSONALLY INVITED TO CONDUCT THE DRIVE. PICTURED WITH THE PRESIDENT ARE, L TO R: KEITH MORGAN OF NEW YORK WHO WILL AGAIN BE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE; GEORGE ALLEN OF WASHINGTON, D.C. WHO WILL AGAIN BE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS, AND GEORGE W. BAKER OF SAN FRANCISCO, WHO WAS THE DIRECTOR OF STATE ORGANIZATION FOR CALIFORNIA, WHICH LED ALL STATES LAST YEAR IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS RAISED

PRESIDENT'S NEXT BIRTHDAY TO BE AGAIN USED IN NATIONAL 'FIGHT INFANTIL...

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Dimes for Infantile Paralysis foundation flow into White House for president. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. Official mail was nearly forgotten today at the White House as letters containing ten-cent contributions to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis continued to arrive by the thousands. Miss Margaret Lehand, Personal Secretary to President Roosevelt, is shown opening some of the 30,000 to arrive in the first mail this morning, 1/28/38

Dimes for Infantile Paralysis foundation flow into White House for pre...

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PRESIDENT MEETS WITH COMMITTEE FOR CELEBRATION OF PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 18. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY TODAY TOLD PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT THAT THE FIGHT INFANTILE PARALYSIS DRIVE FOR FUNDS, NOW OPENING WILL RALLY AN ARMY OF CONTRIBUTORS IN EVERY STATE EAGER TO 'DO IT WITH DIMES.' SHOWN IN THE PHOTOGRAPH WITH THE PRESIDENT, L TO R: COMMISSIONER GEORGE [...] A [...] OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, CHAIRMAN OF THE 'MARCH OF DIMES' COMMITTEE; COL. D. WALKER WEAR OF NEW YORK, ASSISTANT NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE; GEORGE V. RILEY OF NEW YORK, CHAIRMAN OF THE GREATER NEW YORK CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE; AND KEITH MORGAN, NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE

PRESIDENT MEETS WITH COMMITTEE FOR CELEBRATION OF PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY...

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Minneapolis, Minnesota. Marvin Goldstein, an infantile paralysis patient, showing control of extensor muscles of the back at a class for technicians and doctors conducted by Sister Kenny

Minneapolis, Minnesota. Marvin Goldstein, an infantile paralysis patie...

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Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sister Kenny with Winifred Gorman (right), an infantile paralysis patient, and Winifred's sister who has come to the Elizabeth Kenny Institute to see her on visitor's day

Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sister Kenny with Winifred Gorman (right), an ...

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FIRST LADY CUTS PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CAKE. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 30. AS A CLIMAX TO HER ATTENDANCE AT MANY OF THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY BALLS IN THE CAPITAL TONIGHT, MRS. ROOSEVELT CUTS THE OFFICIAL PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CAKE AT THE WARDMAN PARK HOTEL. THIS WAS THE LAST CELEBRATION THE FIRST LADY ATTENDED BEFORE RETURNING TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO LISTEN TO THE PRESIDENT THANK THE NATION OVER THE AIR FOR THEIR INTEREST IN THE FIGHT AGAINST INFANTILE PARALYSIS. L TO R: MRS. E M. COLVIN, NIECE OF D.C. COMMISSIONER MELVIN HAZEN; MRS. EDGAR MORRIS, WIFE OF THE CHAIRMAN FOR THE D.C

FIRST LADY CUTS PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CAKE. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 30...

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Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sister Kenny with Winifred Gorman (right), an infantile paralysis patient, and Winifred's sister who has come to the Elizabeth Kenny Institute to see her on visitor's day

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Minneapolis, Minnesota. Marvin Goldstein, five and a half years old, was seriously stricken with infantile paralysis when admitted to the Elizabeth Kenny Institute in September 17th, 1942. His neck, spine and legs were affected. He was discharged five months later. Here he demonstrates for student technicians and his mother how well he can walk

Minneapolis, Minnesota. Marvin Goldstein, five and a half years old, w...

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FIRST LADY CUTS PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CAKE. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 30. MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT CUTS THE OFFICIAL PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CAKE AT WARDMAN PARK HOTEL TONIGHT TO COMPLETE A ROUND OF THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS IN THE CAPITAL. THE FIRST LADY THEN RETURNED TO THE WHITE HOUSE WHERE SHE LISTENED TO THE PRESIDENT IN A RADIO ADDRESS EXPRESS HIS APPRECIATION TO THE COUNTRY FOR ATTENDING THE BALLS, FUNDS FROM WHICH WILL GO TOWARD THE FIGHT AGAINST INFANTILE PARALYSIS

FIRST LADY CUTS PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CAKE. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 30...

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Milk truckers do not! pick up milk at farms where there are cases of diphtheria, scarlet fever, infantile paralysis, spinal meningitis, smallpox, typhoid Report all cases on your route to .... Food and Drug Administration [sic].

Milk truckers do not! pick up milk at farms where there are cases of d...

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FIRST LADY CUTS PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CAKE. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 30. AS A CLIMAX TO HER ATTENDANCE AT MANY OF THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY BALLS IN THE CAPITAL TONIGHT, MRS. ROOSEVELT CUTS THE OFFICIAL PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CAKE AT THE WARDMAN PARK HOTEL. THIS WAS THE LAST CELEBRATION THE FIRST LADY ATTENDED BEFORE RETURNING TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO LISTEN TO THE PRESIDENT THANK THE NATION OVER THE AIR FOR THEIR INTEREST IN THE FIGHT AGAINST INFANTILE PARALYSIS. L TO R: MRS. E.M. COLVIN, NIECE OF D.C. COMMISSIONER MELVIN HAZEN; MRS. EDGAR MORRIS, WIFE OF THE CHAIRMAN FOR THE D.C. PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY BALLS, EDGAR MORRIS; ANDREA LEEDS, SCREEN STAR; AND MRS. ROOSEVELT

FIRST LADY CUTS PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CAKE. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 30...

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FIRST LADY CUTS PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CAKE. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 30. AS A CLIMAX TO HER ATTENDANCE AT MANY OF THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY BALLS IN THE CAPITAL TONIGHT, MRS. ROOSEVELT CUTS THE OFFICIAL PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CAKE AT THE WARDMAN PARK HOTEL. THIS WAS THE LAST CELEBRATION THE FIRST LADY ATTENDED BEFORE RETURNING TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO LISTEN TO THE PRESIDENT THANK THE NATION OVER THE AIR FOR THEIR INTEREST IN THE FIGHT AGAINST INFANTILE PARALYSIS. L TO R: MRS. E. M. COLVIN, NIECE OF D.C. COMMISSIONER MELVIN HAZEN; MRS. EDGAR MORRIS, WIFE OF THE CHAIRMAN FOR THE D.C. PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY BALLS; EDGAR MORRIS; ANDREA LEEDS, SCREEN STAR; AND MRS. ROOSEVELT

FIRST LADY CUTS PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CAKE. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 30...

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FIRST LADY VISITS INFANTILE PARALYSIS VICTIMS. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 25. MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT TODAY VISITED CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL HERE TO VISIT YOUNG VICTIMS OF INFANTILE PARALYSIS WHO HOPE TO BE AIDED BY FUNDS FROM THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY BALL RECEIPTS. HERE SHE IS WITH BETTY BAGWELL AND JERRY FARRELL

FIRST LADY VISITS INFANTILE PARALYSIS VICTIMS. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUAR...

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A.F. OF L.'S $5800 CHECK PRESENTED TO PRESIDENT FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS FIGHT, WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 24. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TODAY RECEIVED A CHECK FROM WILLIAM GREEN, PRESIDENT OF THE A.F.OF L. TO AID IN THE FIGHT AGAINST INFANTILE PARALYSIS. THE A.F. OF L. ALSO PRESENTED A HUGE CAKE TO THE PRESIDENT, BUT THE CAKE HASN'T BEEN DELIVERED AS YET BECAUSE THE DRIVER OF THE DELIVERY TRUCK TOOK THE BUMPS TOO FAST AND BROKE IT. SHOWN IN THE PHOTO, L TO R: ELINORE MYRUP, DAUGHTER OF THE SECRETARY-TREASURER OF THE BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY WORKERS UNION; CHESTER WRIGHT, DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATION, LABOR DIVISION, OF THE FIGHT INFANTILE PARALYSIS' DIVISION OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY; CHARLES E. HANDY, ASSISTANT OF CHESTER WRIGHT; WILLIAM G[...]; OLIVER HOYENS, ASSISTANT TO CHESTER WRIGHT; MARIL[...] NTER, DAUGHTER OF THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY OF THE BAKERY AND CONFECTIONARY WORKERS UNION; AND ELSIE SCHMIDT, DAUGHTER OF THE CORRESPONDING SECRETARY OF THE SAME UNION

A.F. OF L.'S $5800 CHECK PRESENTED TO PRESIDENT FOR INFANTILE PARALYSI...

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MRS. ROOSEVELT BUYS FIRST TICKET TO PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY BALL. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 16. LAUNCHING A DRIVE FOR THE SALE OF TICKETS TO THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY BALL SCHEDULED FOR JAN. 30, MRS. ROOSEVELT TODAY BOUGHT TICKET NO. 1 FROM WJSV ANNOUNCER A.D.-JESS- WILLARD AND MADE A SHORT BROADCAST APPEALING FOR SUPPORT OF THE FUNCTION, FUNDS FROM WHICH WILL GO TO RELIEVE SUFFERING FROM INFANTILE PARALYSIS. WILLARD IS GENERAL MANAGER OF RADIO STATION WJSV, CENTRAL TICKET AGENCY FOR THE SALE OF TICKETS

MRS. ROOSEVELT BUYS FIRST TICKET TO PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY BALL. WASHING...

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Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Elizabeth Kenny treatment brings recovery in eighty percent of the infantile paralysis cases admitted to her institute. Here are three of them: Left, Johnny Weaver, center, Winifred Gorman, and Marvin Goldstein

Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Elizabeth Kenny treatment brings recovery ...

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Minneapolis, Minnesota. Johnny Weaver was mildly stricken by infantile paralysis and was at the Elizabeth Kenny Institute from October 9th, 1942 to November 26th, 1943. Here he shows student technicians and his mother how well he can walk

Minneapolis, Minnesota. Johnny Weaver was mildly stricken by infantile...

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Daughter of farmer near Williston, North Dakota. Dwarfed arm probably due to infantile paralysis

Daughter of farmer near Williston, North Dakota. Dwarfed arm probably ...

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FIRST LADY VISITS CRIPPLED CHILDREN'S SCHOOL. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 19. IN THE INTEREST OF THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY BALLS TO BE HELD THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY THIS MONTH, MRS. ROOSEVELT TODAY VISITED THE LANGDON SCHOOL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN, IN THE CAPITAL.THE SCHOOL TEACHES THE CHILDREN, MANY OF THEM CRIPPLED FROM INFANTILE PARALYSIS, MANY USEFUL ARTS. MRS. ROOSEVELT IS SHOWN GREETING LITTLE LESTER ALLISON (ON TABLE) WHILE ARDEN GREEN, A BLIND YOUNGSTER, LOOKS ON

FIRST LADY VISITS CRIPPLED CHILDREN'S SCHOOL. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY...

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PRESIDENT ENROLLED AS 'FOUNDER' IN FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 17. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TODAY PURCHASING FROM U.S. SURGEON GENERAL THOMAS PARRAN A CERTIFICATE ENROLLING HIM AS A 'FOUNDER' OF THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS. THE NEW FOUNDATION, A PERMANENT ORGANIZATION, WILL THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF CITIZENS IN EVERY TOWN AND CITY WAGE THE FIGHT AGAINST THE DISEASE ON A NATIONWIDE SCALE. IN THE PHOTOGRAPH, L TO R: DR. THOMAS PARRAN; KIETH MO[...], NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY; DR. THOMAS W. GOSLING, NATIONAL DIRECTOR, AMERICAN JUNIOR RED CROSS; MISS KATHERINE [i.e. Katharine] LENROOT, CHIEF OF THE CHILDREN'S BUREAU, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR; AND D.C. COMMISSIONER GEORGE ALLEN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CAMPAIGN

PRESIDENT ENROLLED AS 'FOUNDER' IN FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS....

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Manpower. Handicapped workers. Erstwhile sewer of fine seams, Minnie Rost, crippled by infantile paralysis, has a new job which is vital to America's war effort. She's hand-burring Y's for aiplane engines at the Maryland League for Crippled Children. White Engineering Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Handicapped workers. Erstwhile sewer of fine seams, Minnie R...

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Manpower. Handicapped workers. Auburn-haired, twenty-one-year-old, Belva Fletcher, left, handicapped by progressive paralysis, is still able to do a good job for Uncle Sam. With twenty-five-year-old Henriette Furley, she's painting Y's for airplane engines at the Maryland League for Crippled Children, where this work is done under subcontract to a Baltimore engineering company. Henriette is badly crippled by arthritis and must work standing because of the arthritic condition from which she suffers. White Engineering Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Handicapped workers. Auburn-haired, twenty-one-year-old, Bel...

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Dimes for Infantile Paralysis Foundation flow into White House for president. Washington, D.C., Jan. 28. Official mail was nearly forgotten today at the White House as letters containing ten-cent contributions to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis continued to arrive by the thousands. Miss Margaret Lehand, Personal Secretary to President Roosevelt, is shown opening some of the 30,000 to arrive in the first mail this morning, 1/28/38

Dimes for Infantile Paralysis Foundation flow into White House for pre...

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Minneapolis, Minnesota. Judith Lehman, nine years old, an infantile paralysis patient, at the Elizabeth Kenny Institute

Minneapolis, Minnesota. Judith Lehman, nine years old, an infantile pa...

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Minneapolis, Minnesota. Marvin Goldstein, an infantile paralysis patient, showing ability to stant on his toes, at a class for technicians and doctors being conducted by Sister Kenny

Minneapolis, Minnesota. Marvin Goldstein, an infantile paralysis patie...

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Milk truckers do not! pick up milk at farms where there are cases of diphtheria, scarlet fever, infantile paralysis, spinal meningitis, smallpox, typhoid Report all cases on your route to .... Food and Drug Administration [sic].

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A.L.P.A. 1939, Fight Infantile Paralysis. William Green Award, Labor's Committee for the Celebration of the President's Birthday

A.L.P.A. 1939, Fight Infantile Paralysis. William Green Award, Labor's...

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Paralysis victim aids fight against menace. Washington, D.C., Jan. 19. Melvin C. Hazen, President of the Board of District of Columbia City Commissioners visited Georgetown Children's House today. Little Hazel Reigle, 5 years old, me the Commissioner at the door and handed him her bank full of pennies to aid the fight to stamp out the disease which struck her--infantile paralysis, 1/19/39

Paralysis victim aids fight against menace. Washington, D.C., Jan. 19....

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WOMEN LEADERS MEET WITH FIRST LADY TO OPEN FIGHT ON INFANTILE PARALYSIS, WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 6. AS PART OF A 'FIGHT INFANTILE PARALYSIS' DRIVE PARTICIPATED IN BY PROMINENT WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES, A BROADCAST WAS SENT OUT THROUGH THE NATION FROM THE WHITE HOUSE'S DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION ROOM. PHOTO SHOWS, L TO R: FILM STAR MARY PICKFORD, MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, AND MRS. STANLEY F. REED, WIFE OF THE SUPREME COURT ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, AS THEY GROUPED ABOUT THE MICROPHONE

WOMEN LEADERS MEET WITH FIRST LADY TO OPEN FIGHT ON INFANTILE PARALYSI...

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Nurse training. Using the picture book as bait, the physical therapist encourages a young victim of infantile paralysis to learn to use his catches

Nurse training. Using the picture book as bait, the physical therapist...

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FIRST LADY IN JOVIAL MOOD AS SHE SLICES HUGE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CAKE. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 30. MRS. ROOSEVELT CUTS THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CAKE AFTER REACHING THE MAYFLOWER HOTEL TONIGHT FOLLOWING HER VISIT TO THE MANY BIRTHDAY BALLS BEING STAGED IN THE CAPITAL TO HONOR PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND HELP THE FIGHT AGAINST INFANTILE PARALYSIS

FIRST LADY IN JOVIAL MOOD AS SHE SLICES HUGE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CAKE...

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PRESIDENT RESPONDS TO BIRTHDAY GREETINGS FROM NATION. A LITTLE GRAYER, PERHAPS, BUT OTHERWISE IN PERFECT HEALTH ON THE EVE OF HIS 56TH BIRTHDAY, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TONIGHT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE BROADCAST HIS THANKS TO THE ENTIRE NATION FOR THE ENTHUSUASTIC RESPONSE TO THE PLEA FOR AID IN THE FIGHT ON INFANTILE PARALYSIS. OVER 12,000 BIRTHDAY BALLS IN ALL SECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY ARE BEING HELD TO HELP THE CAUSE

PRESIDENT RESPONDS TO BIRTHDAY GREETINGS FROM NATION. A LITTLE GRAYER,...

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Paralysis victim aids fight against menace. Washington, D.C., Jan. 19. Melvin C. Hazen, President of the Board of District of Columbia City Commissioners visited Georgetown Children's House today. Little Hazel Reigle, 5 years old, me the Commissioner at the door and handed him her bank full of pennies to aid the fight to stamp out the disease which struck her--infantile paralysis, 11939

Paralysis victim aids fight against menace. Washington, D.C., Jan. 19....

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Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sister Kenny of the Elizabeth Kenny Institute addressing a meeting of an American Legion post on infantile paralysis and her contribution towards a new conception of the disease and its treatment, Sitting on the right is Sergeant J. Rutherford, of the Australian Air Force, a guest at the meeting

Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sister Kenny of the Elizabeth Kenny Institute ...

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Minneapolis, Minnesota. Marvin Goldstein, an infantile paralysis patient, showing control of abdominal muscles for the benefit of technicians and doctors

Minneapolis, Minnesota. Marvin Goldstein, an infantile paralysis patie...

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PRESIDENT GETS 'BIRTHDAY BALL' MILLION DOLLAR CHECK. AT THE WHITE HOUSE LAST NIGHT PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT RECEIVED A MILLION-DOLLAR CHECK FROM THE COMMITTEE IN CHARGE OF HIS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY LAST JANUARY. REAR ADMIRAL CARY T. GRAYSON, CHAIRMAN OF THE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION IS SHOWN MAKING THE PRESENTATION TO THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE AFTER WHICH THE CHECK WAS IMMEDIATELY TURNED OVER TO THE WARM SPRINGS FOUNDATION FOR SUFFERERS OF INFANTILE PARALYSIS. ON THE LEFT IN THE PICTURE IS DR. BASIL O'CONNOR, OF THE FOUNDATION, AND ARTHUR CARPENTER, RESIDENT TREASURER

PRESIDENT GETS 'BIRTHDAY BALL' MILLION DOLLAR CHECK. AT THE WHITE HOUS...

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Brooklyn, New York. Red Hook housing project. Jimmy Caputo, who is recovering from infantile paralysis, receiving treatment from nurse sent by visiting nurses' association

Brooklyn, New York. Red Hook housing project. Jimmy Caputo, who is rec...

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Manpower. Handicapped workers. A victim of infantile paralysis, Robert H. Drake, twenty-six, does a job any man would be proud of. He's an expert drill press operator in a Baltimore factory which makes airplane motor parts. Despite restricted use of both legs and his right arm, Robert maintains high production standards both for speed and quality of work. White Engineering Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Handicapped workers. A victim of infantile paralysis, Robert...

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Minneapolis, Minnesota. Bonnie Clement, sixteen, was stricken with infantile paralysis while on vacation at a girls' camp. Now she says she is more limber than before she became ill. After six months at the Elizabeth Kenny Institute, she has completely recovered. Here she is leaving the institute with her mother and father, who is a foreman at the Northern Pump Company

Minneapolis, Minnesota. Bonnie Clement, sixteen, was stricken with inf...

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