Photograph
Polio Victim Returns Home After Treatment
Robert Jensen, 24 of McFarland, is sitting in a wheelchair after exiting an airplane following a flight from Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he was treated for the respiratory complication of infantile paralysis brought on by polio. He is accompanied by Mrs. Merwyn Jachartt, a nurse from Ann Arbor. Greeting him are his father, Nels Jensen (right), and a friend Ras Kalnes. |
Image ID: | 137973 |
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Creation Date: | 05 22 1957 |
Creator Name: | Stein, Edwin |
City: | Madison |
County: | Dane |
State: | Wisconsin |
Collection Name: | Edwin Stein negatives and photographs, 1952-1965 |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | negative, original |
Original Format Number: | PH 2709.0393 |
Original Dimensions: | 35 mm |
Published in the Wisconsin State Journal on June 1, 1957. |
Patients |
People with disabilities |
Wheelchairs |
Family |
Nurses |
Fathers |
Men |
Outdoor photography |
Women |
Airplanes |
Airports |
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