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D46821-16
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- 1949-12-15 (Creation)
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An unidentified nurse holds a smiling Donald Mallory on her lap testing his reflexes and use of his legs in this photograph dated December 15, 1949. Donald was found to have polio when he was 20 months old and after coming in the house from play pointing to his legs. He stayed a month at Pierce County Hospital where he received physical therapy and a brace for his left leg. Donald was to continue physical therapy treatments three times a week at the county hospital. Donald's father, Bruce Mallory, was a member of the city fire department and had helped to collect for the March of Dimes in 1949 and would continue to do so for the 1950 campaign. Publicity photographs for spring campaign ordered by the Infantile Paralysis League, Judy Gordon. (TNT, 1/12/1950, p.18- alt. photo.)
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (Tacoma); Poliomyelitis--Tacoma--1940-1950; Nurses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Sick children; Mallory, Donald;