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Photograph caption dated May 8, 1957 reads, "A line of adults and children wound around block as they lined up for free polio vaccinations in Van Nuys at health department on May 8, 1957. Mass inoculation was part of a state-supported program to protect persons up to 40 years of age."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Department of Health Poliomyelitis--California--Los Angeles Poliomyelitis vaccine Men--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Children--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Sidewalks--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Streets--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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