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Title: Polio serum arrives... Long Beach, 1955
Creator: Emery
Date Created and/or Issued: 1955-04-15
Publication Information: University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution: University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection: Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961
Rights Information: Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
USC Libraries Special Collections
University of Southern California
specol@usc.edu
Description: 5 images. Polio serum arrives... Long Beach, 15 April 1955. Dick Johansen... Long Beach Police
Dr. John Gardner.
Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Emery. Date: 1955-04-15. Reporter: Emery to Driscoll. Assignment: polio serum arrives Long Beach. 67: motorcop Dick Johansen LBPD delivers 1st case of serum to City Health Department lab. At left assistant health officer John Gardner MD receives it. 24-25-96-97: other shots of serum arriving at lab entrance
dairy truck bringing serum south on Atlantic Avenue with escort of police cars and motorcycles, to deliver 3 cases of serum from LA to LB".
Type: image
Format: 5 photographs : negatives, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier: examiner-m12713
EXM-N-11409-012~1...~5
http://doi.org/10.25549/examiner-m12713
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/EXM-N-11409-012~1.jpg
Time Period: 1955-04-15
Place: California
Long Beach
USA
Source: 11409-012 [Sleeve Number]
University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
Relation: Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
examiner-m1663

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