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Name and location of repository
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Item
Title
D97345-4
Date(s)
- 1956 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
ca. 1956. There was no initial information on this pretty young girl with leg braces and crutches. She may be Cyndi Jones of St. Louis who at age 5 was the 1956 poster child for the March of Dimes. Her story is included in the book No Pity by Joseph Shapiro. TPL-6935 (Additional information provided by a reader)
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis; Poliomyelitis; Orthopedic braces; Girls--1950-1960;