An Amish woman receives a dose of polio vaccine at the Conestaga Valley High School in Lancaster County. Smoketown, Pennsylvania - Collections Online | Museum Wales
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An Amish woman receives a dose of polio vaccine at the Conestaga Valley High School in Lancaster County. Smoketown, Pennsylvania

Wirephoto published in the Tribune newspaper in 1979. Purchased by David Hurn from MMG Photo Archives.

Full title: An Amish woman receives a dose of polio vaccine at the Conestaga Valley High School in Lancaster County here 6/2. She was one of thousands of Lancaster County residents receiving polio vaccines after a number of Amish people were diagnosed as having the crippling disease.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 57295

Measurements

h(cm) image size:17.1
h(cm)
w(cm) image size:24
w(cm)
h(cm) paper size:20.5
w(cm) paper size:24.6

Categories

Papur papur newydd | Newsprint Deunydd archif | Archival material Ffotograff | Photograph Gweithiau ar bapur | Works on paper Celf Gain | Fine Art Amish
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