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Identifier
20166174
Description
Sammie Thomas, 9, son of Mrs. Pearl Thomas of 317 North Cherry, was one of 4,000 children who started taking the last of the Salk polio vaccine shots here. Sammie shows his Polio Pioneer card while Mrs. Jack Jennings, immediate past president of the Peter Smith School P-TA, pins his completion button on his collar. Published in Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition Jun 14, 1954.
Archival Date
1954-06-15
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-3248
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
Poliomyelitis; Children; Medicine
Names
Thomas, Sammie; Jennings, Jack (Mrs.); Peter Smith School
Subjects
Poliomyelitis; Children; Medicine