Enroute to Chicago-Janice Dawe, five-year-old English polio victim, holds her doll, Annabelle, as she lies in her bunk on the America in New York after her arrival from England with her parents enroute to Chicago for treatment. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Dawe, sold their home at Southampton, England, in order to make the trip possible. The child will be treated at the Micheal Reese hospital in Chicago, and the parents are planning to make their home in the U.S.

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Title:
Enroute to Chicago-Janice Dawe, five-year-old English polio victim, holds her doll, Annabelle, as she lies in her bunk on the America in New York after her arrival from England with her parents enroute to Chicago for treatment. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Dawe, sold their home at Southampton, England, in order to make the trip possible. The child will be treated at the Micheal Reese hospital in Chicago, and the parents are planning to make their home in the U.S.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Infantile Paralysis: Wire Photos
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. August 1949]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Poliomyelitis
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 209 x 213 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/02873w93t
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001299_0039
Barcode:
39999088103351