Mother's March on Polio Collection Envelope
date: label: date made
content: ca 1956
name: label: maker
content: March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
notes: label: Description
content: A tan-colored paper collecting envelope with instructions for the January 31,1956 Mother's March on Polio fundraising drive. The envelope lists the roles and responsibilities for individuals involved in the March: Community Chairman; District Captain; Section Lieutenants; and the Mother's Marchers "(Your job is most vital)." There is also a section for the names of contributors and the amounts they gave.
label: Description
content: The March of Dimes Mother's March campaigns began in the 1950s as a door-to-door fundraising event. A fundraiser organized in 1950 in Phoenix, Arizona, is considered to be the first Mother's March which set the pattern for future events.
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content: Division of Science, Medicine and Society: Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Antibody Initiative: Polio
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Katherine Ott
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0245.01
label: accession number
content: 2005.0245
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0245.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: envelope, collection, polio
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 24.2 cm x 16.5 cm; x 9 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in; 16.51 cm x 24.13 cm