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Identifier

20158147

Description

Bill Costa, 31, above, Houston Buff shortstop, who was admitted to the polio ward of City-County Hospital. His condition is termed fair by doctors at the Fort Worth Hospital. The veteran ball player arrived for a night game but illness kept him out. Bill Costa is shown laying on bed in the photograph. Published in Fort Worth Star-Telegram evening edition, August 21, 1951.

Archival Date

1951-08-21

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-2651

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Hospitals; Poliomyelitis; Baseball players

Names

Costa, Billy

Subjects

Hospitals; Poliomyelitis; Baseball players

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