Polio Pioneer Button Given to a Participant in the 1954 Polio Vaccine Field Trials

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From the online exhibition 'Whatever Happened to Polio?'
From the online exhibition 'Whatever Happened to Polio?'
From the online exhibition 'Whatever Happened to Polio?'

Object Details

maker

National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis

Union Litho-Metal Corporation

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Helena E. Wright

Date made

1954

ID Number

2000.0003.2

catalog number

2000.0003.2

accession number

2000.0003

Object Name

button, polio vaccination

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

steel; brass; paint (overall material)

Measurements

overall: .4 cm x 2.6 cm; 3/16 in x 1 in

overall: 1 1/8 in x 1 in x 1 1/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 2.54 cm x 2.8575 cm

overall: 1 1/4 in x 1 in x 13/16 in; 3.175 cm x 2.54 cm x 2.0955 cm

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Health & Medicine

The Antibody Initiative

Antibody Initiative: Polio

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-c169-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_556623