Polio fails to dim mother, daughter outlook in 8 yrs
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
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This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph caption dated January 28, 1960 reads, "Despite tragic visit of polio to North Hollywood family, happiness could not be driven out. Through closeness between family members and with March of Dimes help, Lloyd F. Oergel clan still knows joy, even though they've had polio as house guest for eight years. From left are Judy, 12; Sue, 16; Mrs. Oergel, permanently bedridden; Robert, 10, and father, Lloyd."
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image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26cm. Photographic prints
Poliomyelitis--California--Los Angeles Diseases--California--Los Angeles Families--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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