[Youngstown Polio Vaccine Immunization Center]

Abstract

This photograph shows recipients of the Type II Sabin oral polio vaccine immunization program in Youngstown in 1962. In this image, parents and children can be seen lining up to get vaccinations at one of the 18 polio vaccinations centers in Mahoning County. 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 project occurred February 15-17, 1962.