A Polio Record?--The children of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Thiel of Mapleton may have set a family record this year when 11 of 14 of them came down with polio. Of the 12 children living at the Thiel farm home, only one, Arlene, 17, failed to contract the disease. Thiel holds his youngest son, Ronnie, 3. Others in the back row (left to right) are Mrs. Thiel, Catherine, Arlene and Ina Mae. In the middle row (left to right) are Harold, Jean and Marcella. In the fron row (left to right) are Jerry, Francis and Tom. Two others, Bob en Lawrence, are still hospitalized.
A Polio Record?--The children of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Thiel of Mapleton may have set a family record this year when 11 of 14 of them came down with polio. Of the 12 children living at the Thiel farm home, only one, Arlene, 17, failed to contract the disease. Thiel holds his youngest son, Ronnie, 3. Others in the back row (left to right) are Mrs. Thiel, Catherine, Arlene and Ina Mae. In the middle row (left to right) are Harold, Jean and Marcella. In the fron row (left to right) are Jerry, Francis and Tom. Two others, Bob en Lawrence, are still hospitalized.
A Polio Record?--The children of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Thiel of Mapleton may have set a family record this year when 11 of 14 of them came down with polio. Of the 12 children living at the Thiel farm home, only one, Arlene, 17, failed to contract the disease. Thiel holds his youngest son, Ronnie, 3. Others in the back row (left to right) are Mrs. Thiel, Catherine, Arlene and Ina Mae. In the middle row (left to right) are Harold, Jean and Marcella. In the fron row (left to right) are Jerry, Francis and Tom. Two others, Bob en Lawrence, are still hospitalized.
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Polio Hits Hard-Eleven of the 14 children of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Thiel of Mapleton, Ia., have come down with polio this year. In this family picture only Thiel, standing at left, his wife, wearing dark blouse, and daughter, Arlene, 17, second from right, top row, escaped. Two sons still are in the hospital, and two other children, not living at home, escaped.
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[Information from item housing] Infantile Paralysis: Wire Photos
