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D102908-7
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- 1956-11-12 (Creation)
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Six men pose in front of a mobile X-ray unit, photograph ordered by the Tuberculosis League of Pierce County. The men are, left to right, Ted Opdenweyer, field representative for the State Health Department, technicians Willis Scott, Howard Puckett, John Elmer, Frances Norton and Walter Kain, Opdenweyer's assistant. The x-ray units were located in paneled vans, so that they could be transported to areas where people congregate, such as schools. This was part of the program to eradicate TB. Five mobile X-ray units would be cruising the county until April 15th in an effort to find undiscovered cases of TB. The units would provide free chest x-rays to 219,000 county residents six years of age and older. A total of 4,890 were xrayed in the first week of the drive. Some of the units, as indicated by the signs on the vehicle, were paid for by the proceeds of Christmas Seal sales. (TNT 10/5/1956, pg. A-7)
Tuberculosis--Tacoma--1950-1960; Tuberculosis League of Pierce County (Tacoma);