Fight Infantile Paralysis
date: label: date made
content: ca 1941
label: date made
content: n.d.
name: label: maker
content: Bastian Brothers Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Poliomyelitis is a viral disease that occurred in epidemic form in the United States from the 1890s through the 1950s. Grass roots fund-raising, led by the March of Dimes, enabled its prevention and control. This lapel pin was a reward for donating to the cause and depicts children with limbs affected by the disease.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Rochester
topic: label: Subject
content: Disabilities
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Disabilities
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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: 2003.0244.01
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0244.01
label: accession number
content: 2003.0244
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pin, polio
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tin; iron; paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.5 cm x 2.2 cm; 1 3/8 in x 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/8 in x 1 in x 1/8 in; 3.4925 cm x 2.54 cm x .3175 cm