Polio Pioneer Button Given to a Participant in the 1954 Polio Vaccine Field Trials

National Museum of American History

Object Details

National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
Union Litho-Metal Corporation
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Helena E. Wright
1954
ID Number
2000.0003.2
catalog number
2000.0003.2
accession number
2000.0003
Object Name
button, polio vaccination
Physical Description
metal (overall material)
steel; brass; paint (overall material)
Measurements
overall: .4 cm x 2.6 cm; 3/16 in x 1 in
overall: 1 1/8 in x 1 in x 1 1/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 2.54 cm x 2.8575 cm
overall: 1 1/4 in x 1 in x 13/16 in; 3.175 cm x 2.54 cm x 2.0955 cm
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The Antibody Initiative
Antibody Initiative: Polio
National Museum of American History
Record ID
nmah_556623
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-c169-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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