[Kurt Wegner and Ronnie Block Preparing Vaccination Kits]

Stewart, W. Forres

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dc.contributor.author	Stewart, W. Forres	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2011-01-31T21:26:04Z
dc.date.accessioned	2019-09-04T06:37:25Z
dc.date.available	2011-01-31T21:26:04Z
dc.date.available	2019-09-04T06:37:25Z
dc.date.issued	1962-02-17T13:14:33Z	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1989/7298
dc.description	1 b&w photograph ; 24.9 x 35.6 cm.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	This photograph depicts Dr. Kurt Wegner, head of the Type II Sabin oral polio vaccine immunization program in Youngstown, Ohio, and Ronnie Block, a pharmaceutical distributor, lining up vaccination kits for supervisors to take to vaccine distribution centers. The program, which was sponsored by the Mahoning County Medical Society and endorsed by the American Medical Association, was reportedly the first in the nation. This phase of the program occurred February 15-17, 1962.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Kurt Wegner	en_US
dc.subject	Ronnie Block	en_US
dc.subject	Sabin Oral Polio Vaccine	en_US
dc.title	[Kurt Wegner and Ronnie Block Preparing Vaccination Kits]	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US

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