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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated February 12, 1951 reads, "Lucky to be out - Donis Dorks of Van Nuys points to himself in an iron lung. The other patients who have spent long, weary months in iron lungs are still at Rancho Los Amigos."; See image #00137518 for additional photo in this series.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;12 x 10 cm. Photographic prints
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation People with disabilities--California--Los Angeles Poliomyelitis--California--Los Angeles Iron lung--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Disabled veterans--Services for--United States Veterans--United States Photographs Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs Portrait photographs
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