Poster Boy-This is Tommy Woodward, five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Veryl Woodward of Baltimore, Md., who has been selected as the 1956 March of Dimes poster boy. Tommy was stricken with polio when he was 14 months old and has been aided by funds from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis which were donated in the March of Dimes campaigns.

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Title:
Poster Boy-This is Tommy Woodward, five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Veryl Woodward of Baltimore, Md., who has been selected as the 1956 March of Dimes poster boy. Tommy was stricken with polio when he was 14 months old and has been aided by funds from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis which were donated in the March of Dimes campaigns.
Title (alt.):
March of Dimes posters for 1956 will carry the likeness of five-year-old Tommy Woodward of Baltimore. Tommy, stricken with polio when he was 14 months old, has been helped by funds from the March of Dimes.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Infantile Paralysis: Wire Photos
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. November 1955]
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 255 x 208 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3j3364365
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_0004
Barcode:
39999088103351