Vacationing Polio Victim at the country's first camp for children crippled from infantile paralysis is carried from the water at Plum island. Diana Simons, 14, of Haverhill is helped by Physiotherapist Janice Hodgkins, West Roxbury, and Counselor Sheldon Allen, Lynn.

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Title:
Vacationing Polio Victim at the country's first camp for children crippled from infantile paralysis is carried from the water at Plum island. Diana Simons, 14, of Haverhill is helped by Physiotherapist Janice Hodgkins, West Roxbury, and Counselor Sheldon Allen, Lynn.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Infantile Paralysis: Camp at Sea Haven, Plum Island
Photographer:
Cushing, Frank, 1915-1975
Name on Item:
Frank Cushing
Date:
[ca. July 1947]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Poliomyelitis
Camps
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Plum Island (island)
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 202 x 115 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/d791wh80g
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
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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_001298_0005
Barcode:
39999088103351