Wendell Lantz on his special rocking bed shown playing checkers with his nurse, Marthena DeBord

Creator

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Identifier

20144577

Description

Wendell Lantz, on his special rocking bed and wearing a portable "lung", plays checkers with Nurse Marthena Debord in the polio ward at City County Hospital. he is the ward's longest resident, having been fallen ill on July 15 1952.

Archival Date

1952-01-12

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1738

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Medical equipment & supplies; Health care facilities; Sick persons; Nurses; Poliomyelitis; Iron Lungs; Communicable diseases