[750 pounds of Salk vaccine arrives in Fort Worth at Carswell AFB]

Description:

750 pounds of Salk vaccine arrives in Fort Worth at Carswell AFB from Austin for free inoculations in first 4 grades of Tarrant County schools; 1st. Lt. Bobby Outenrath (left), pilot who had polio, and Charles Ringler of March of Dimes, 04/16/1955. Charles hands Lt. Outenrath a box with "POLIO VACCINE RUSH" imprinted on the side. They both stand in front of a transport vehicle door.

Item File:

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Topic:

Public Health, Public Health and Welfare, Medicine and Science

Keywords:

Vaccines, Public health, Military, Polio

Persons:

Outenrath, Bobby (Lt.)

Ringler, Charles

Places:

Carswell Air Force Base (Tex.)

Organizations:

March of Dimes

Date Created:

1944-04-16

Image Type:

Black & White, Negative

Language:

English (United States)

Collection:

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection. Series 6: Negatives

Identifier:

10013893

Call Number:

AR406-6 04/16/1955 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)