[Marla Day and Donna Carten participate in the 1978 Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon]

two females sitting in wheelchairs; one has donation can in her lap

[Marla Day and Donna Carten participate in the 1978 Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon]

Description:

Marla Day, age 19, and Donna Carten, age 11, the Dallas MD poster child, both participated in the 1978 Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon over Labor Day, 09/05/1978.

Two females are sitting in wheelchairs. One of them has a large can in her lap and coins in her left hand. They are both wearing pins with Jerry Lewis' face on them.

Item File:

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Topic:

Physical Disability, Service Organizations, Communication

Keywords:

Muscular Dystrophy, Wheelchairs, Advocacy, Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Labor Day Telethon

Persons:

Day, Marla

Carten, Donna

Organizations:

Muscular Dystrophy Association

Date Created:

1978-09-05

Image Type:

Black & White, Negative

Language:

English (United States)

Collection:

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection. Series 6: Negatives

Identifier:

10014083

Call Number:

AR406-6 09/05/1978 7116

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)