Mid-Pacific Polio Victim--John Driskell, 6, taken from an Army transport in mid-pacific to Honolulu by a Coast Guard cutter after he was struck by polio, greets his father, Tech. Sgt. Percy Driskell of South Port, Me., at Fairfield-Suisun Air Force base yesterday after arrival by air from Hawaii. He was taken to Letterman General Hospital at San Francisco later yesterday, where he will receive therapy treatment.

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Title:
Mid-Pacific Polio Victim--John Driskell, 6, taken from an Army transport in mid-pacific to Honolulu by a Coast Guard cutter after he was struck by polio, greets his father, Tech. Sgt. Percy Driskell of South Port, Me., at Fairfield-Suisun Air Force base yesterday after arrival by air from Hawaii. He was taken to Letterman General Hospital at San Francisco later yesterday, where he will receive therapy treatment.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Infantile Paralysis: Wire Photos
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. August 1949]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Poliomyelitis
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 210 x 256 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/ng454k61n
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001299_0028
Barcode:
39999088103351