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Identifier
20166378
Description
Reaction was varied in Fort Worth schools as second graders lined up for Salk vaccine inoculations in a nationwide experiment to find a successful polio preventive. Here it is shown Tommy Booth, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Booth of 602 W. Belknap, was the first person to get a shot from Dr. C. M. Whorton at Peter Smith School. Published in Fort Worth Star-Telegram evening edition May 11, 1954. The women behind the boy are unidentified.
Archival Date
1954-05-11
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-3240
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
Physicians; Medical offices; Children; Schools; Group portraits; School children
Names
Booth, Tommy; Whorton, C. M.
Subjects
Physicians; Medical offices; Children; Schools; Group portraits; School children