Object Details
- Bastian Brothers Company
- Description (Brief)
- Poliomyelitis is a viral disease that occurred in epidemic form in the United States from the 1890s through the 1950s. Grass roots fund-raising, led by the March of Dimes, enabled its prevention and control. This lapel pin was a reward for donating to the cause and depicts children with limbs affected by the disease.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Katherine Ott
- ca 1941
- n.d.
- ID Number
- 2003.0244.01
- catalog number
- 2003.0244.01
- accession number
- 2003.0244
- Object Name
- pin, polio
- Physical Description
- tin; iron; paint (overall material)
- tin (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3.5 cm x 2.2 cm; 1 3/8 in x 7/8 in
- overall: 1 3/8 in x 1 in x 1/8 in; 3.4925 cm x 2.54 cm x .3175 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, Rochester
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- The Antibody Initiative
- Disabilities
- Antibody Initiative: Polio
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Disabilities
- Record ID
- nmah_1216418
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-9cee-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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