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Photograph caption dated January 29, 1954 reads, "Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz talks to Mrs. Willy A. Neilson who has been confined to her iron lung for five years, and parade chairman Joe Chausow. Mrs. Nielson will ride in parade."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Biscailuz, Eugene W.,--1883-1969 March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation Men--California--San Fernando Valley Women--California--San Fernando Valley People with disabilities--California--San Fernando Valley Sheriffs--California--Los Angeles County Iron lung--California--San Fernando Valley Poliomyelitis--California--San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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