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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated January 7, 1956 reads, "Melvin Swartz of 707 S. Griffith Park Dr., Burbank, former tennis champion who was stricken with polio, will solicit March of Dimes funds from his iron lung, contacting industrial and business firms by telephone. Shown with Swartz are Robert Wilkinson, left, Commerce and Industry Division chairman, and physical therapist Robert Discus."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Hospitals--California--Los Angeles Poliomyelitis--California--Los Angeles Iron lung--California--Los Angeles Fund raising--California--Los Angeles Reflections Mirrors--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Valley Times Collection photographs
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