Poster Girl, Her Pop and Emmett Kelly Huddle Over Sucker -- Marlene Olsen, 4, of Bradford, Mass., the 1957 March of Dimes Poster Girl, is greeted by Clown Emmett Kelly, left. At right is Marlene's dad, Capt. Arnold Olsen, who at the age of 15 ran away from home, joined Ringling Circus and had Kelly bum cigarettes off him.

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Title:
Poster Girl, Her Pop and Emmett Kelly Huddle Over Sucker -- Marlene Olsen, 4, of Bradford, Mass., the 1957 March of Dimes Poster Girl, is greeted by Clown Emmett Kelly, left. At right is Marlene's dad, Capt. Arnold Olsen, who at the age of 15 ran away from home, joined Ringling Circus and had Kelly bum cigarettes off him.
Title (alt.):
Polio March of Dimes
Description:
[Information from item housing] March of Dimes ... 1956
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. January 1957]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Charitable organizations
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 256 x 209 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/pk02gm81g
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_001467_0017
Barcode:
39999088103716