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Record 45/1708
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This photo (was) taken at the "new" Mary A. Alley Hospital in 1954(. It) reminds some of us of the days when polio was a feared disease and all of us of the days when there was a hospital on Widger Road" The folder contains A. The photo of 5 persons left to right unknown woman, Dr. Ireson, Nurse: Ruth P. Drayton, Arthur Jannell (Chairman for Essex County National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis- March of Dimes), and an unknown man.; B. a note describing the photo; C. a photo copy of the Report of the Board of Health (Marblehead) for 1954 describing the test of the Salk Vaccine in Marblehead.; and D. a copy of the letter sent to the donor, Holly Jannell, by the Board of Selectmen thanking her for the photo.
no title -Topic: People and Organizations -This image is the property of the Marblehead Historical Commission
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Jannell, Chairman March of Dim

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Rev. 1.0a 1/2009 Contact the Historical Commission at 781-639-3425 or e-mail us (please include the "Object ID" number) at:    butlerw@marblehead.org
Last modified on: January 05, 2009