[Kurt Wegner and Ronnie Block Preparing Vaccination Kits]

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.