Polio Pioneer Button Given to a Participant in the 1954 Polio Vaccine Field Trials
date: label: date made
content: 1954
name: label: user
content: Chancey, Carl J.
label: maker
content: National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
label: maker
content: Union Litho Metal Corp.
notes: label: Description
content: Round, white metal button with straight pin on back; black print and red silhouette of a man looking into a microscope on front. Presented to school children participating in the national polio vaccine field trials in 1954.
label: Description
content: Inscription on button: POLIO PIONEER / 1954 / THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Massachusetts, Winthrop
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Antibody Initiative: Polio
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Carl J. Chancey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0063.02
label: accession number
content: 2019.0063
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0063.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button, polio vaccination
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .5 cm x 2.6 cm; 3/16 in x 1 1/32 in