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Description
12 images. Little polio victim feature, 24 May 1958. Patricia Woods -- 11 years (polio victim) (Santa Monica) rides bicycle Leader in Girl Scout activities swimming Junior lifeguard with Red Cross and Santa Monica City Department of Recreation Donna Lynn -- 6 years (sisters). Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Gaze. Date: 1958-05-24. Reporter: Gaze. Assignment: Patricia Woods. Special instructions: for Sun or Mon. #30-57: Patty Woods, 11, a junior lifeguard with both the Red Cross and the Santa Monica City Department of Recreation, demonstrates her rescue ability with her sister, Donna Lynn, 6, (at left). #56: Patty (right) who taught her sister, Donna Lynn, to swim, starts instruction for her other sister, Veronica, 4. #66: Patty Woods, 11 casting aside the left leg brace necessary in combination with her Kenny sticks for walking, bravely tackles the surf with the crutches alone. Someone will have to take them when she hits her stride or starts to swim because the sticks will not float. #11-61: Although she primarily is a pool swimmer -- and a good one -- Patty occasionally enjoys a good frolic in the surf at Venice. Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Gaze. Date: 1958-05-24. Reporter: Gaze. Assignment: Patricia Woods. Special instructions: for Sun or Mon. #63: Playmates at the Madison School look on as Patty Woods goes thru [sic] her paces in hopskotch [sic]. She took second place in school's hopskotch [sic] tournament despite her handicap. #70: Patty rides a bicycle with special stirrups as an aid in developing her paralyzed left leg. She never permits her handicap to keep her from being active in school, in sports, in dramatics and girl scout work. #5: Patty Woods' Kenny sticks break the surface of the William Tell pool as she dives in for a swim. Often she drops one of the sticks after a dive, but easily swims to the bottom of the deep water to retrieve it. #15: Patty demonstrates the crawl stroke. She has swum 64 times the length of the 60-foot pool. #17: The back stroke. She also does the breast stroke, swims easily under water. #668: Patricia Woods, 11, of Santa Monica, polio victim, whose courage is an inspiration to handicapped and non-handicapped aloke, starts out for a girl Scout meeting. Patty is patrol leader of Troop 19, is an excellent swimmer, a junior lifeguard, rides a bicycle, plays hopskotch [sic] and is member of a drama club".
Type
image
Format
12 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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