Reaction was varied in Fort Worth schools as second graders lined up for Salk vaccine inoculations in a nationwide experiment to find a successful polio preventive. Here it is shown Tommy Booth, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Booth of 602 W. Belknap, was the first person to get a shot from Dr. C. M. Whorton at Peter Smith School. Published in Fort Worth Star Telegram evening edition May 11, 1954. The women behind the boy are unidentified.
Item: Polio Shots
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Original image part of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Identifier: AR406-6-3240
Identifier: 20166378
Title: Polio Shots
Creator: McPhail, Dub (Photographer)
Description: Reaction was varied in Fort Worth schools as second graders lined up for Salk vaccine inoculations in a nationwide experiment to find a successful polio preventive. Here it is shown Tommy Booth, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Booth of 602 W. Belknap, was the first person to get a shot from Dr. C. M. Whorton at Peter Smith School. Published in Fort Worth Star Telegram evening edition May 11, 1954. The women behind the boy are unidentified.
Date Created: 1954-05-11
Coverage: 1950s
Category: Daily Life, Educational Institutions, Medicine, Nature, Science and Technology
Subject Term: Physicians, Medical offices, Children, Schools, Group portraits, School children
Location: Fort Worth (Tex.)
Address: United States
Collection: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Language: None
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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Title: Polio Shots
Creator: McPhail, Dub (Photographer)
Description: Reaction was varied in Fort Worth schools as second graders lined up for Salk vaccine inoculations in a nationwide experiment to find a successful polio preventive. Here it is shown Tommy Booth, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Booth of 602 W. Belknap, was the first person to get a shot from Dr. C. M. Whorton at Peter Smith School. Published in Fort Worth Star Telegram evening edition May 11, 1954. The women behind the boy are unidentified.
Date Created: 1954-05-11
Coverage: 1950s
Category: Daily Life, Educational Institutions, Medicine, Nature, Science and Technology
Subject Term: Physicians, Medical offices, Children, Schools, Group portraits, School children
Location: Fort Worth (Tex.)
Address: United States
Collection: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Language: None
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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