[Carswell AFB medics unload 750 pounds of Salk vaccine from C-47 plane]

Description:

Carswell AFB medics unload 750 pounds of Salk vaccine from C-47 plane flown to Fort Worth from Austin for free inoculations in first 4 grades of Tarrant County schools; members of anti-polio groups stand by ambulance, 04/16/1955. Military men are loading boxes from a plane into an automobile while others look on.

Item File:

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Topic:

Public Health and Welfare, Public Health, Medicine and Science

Keywords:

Poliomyelitis vaccine, Public health, Vaccines, Military, Polio

Places:

Carswell Air Force Base (Tex.)

Date Created:

1955-04-16

Image Type:

Black & White, Negative

Language:

English (United States)

Collection:

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection. Series 6: Negatives

Identifier:

10013892

Call Number:

AR406-6 04/19/1955 3434

Publisher:

University of Texas at Arlington

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Rights Holder:

University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections

License:

Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)