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D31443-2
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- 1948-01-20 (Creation)
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Pierce County Hospital for March of Dimes, Pierce County Chapter, National Infantile Paralysis Assoc., Emily Walker. A young boy is ready to be lowered into a warm water pool by hospital staff. He is lying on a board which is raised and lowered by straps connected to a moving overhead system. A girl is already enjoying the warm water. The annual fund raising March of Dimes drive started January 15, 1948. One-half of the funds raised would be forwarded to the National Fund for Infantile Paralysis for education, research and epidemic aid. (T.Times, 1/14/1948, p.1)
Pierce County Hospital (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1940-1950; March of Dimes (Tacoma); National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (Tacoma); Poliomyelitis--Tacoma; Children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Nurses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Physical therapy--Tacoma;