RME0R0X8–Jun. 06, 1957 - ''Iron Lung'' Girl Watches Wimbledon Tournament: Twenty three year old polio victim Margaret Dixon of Fleetwood, Lanos - was to be seen yesterday watching the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament - from her wheelchair. Margaret was brought to London specially to see the play her greatest wish since contracting Polio. Doctors believe that the granting of this wish should be a great aid in her recovery. She is being taken from the ''Iron Lung'' for a period each day to watch the games - a special place has been reserved for her
RMAG3P7C–Angola. Polio victim (7 year old girl) in Benguela Province
RMD18J4R–Young Polio victim in bed with a body and leg brace. Sept. 18, 1937. (CSU ALPHA 1224) CSU Archives/Everett Collection
RMB53BKX–The incredible courage of auntie alice. Hopes for a normal life ended for Alice Pelley when she was just twelve years old. Polio victim Alice was put into an iron lung and there she has stayed - for 28 years. But her amasing spirit is not trapped. That, plus her deep religious beliefs and years of devoted attention from her mother Caroline, have kept her going. Doctors can hardly believe how long she has survived, but Alice has never wallowed in self-pity. 'Life is what you make it and I believe in making the most of whatever you have no matter what it is
RFBENXJB–CAMBODIA Sunday in Phnom Penh. Polio victim with special tyricycle. PHOTOGRAPH by SEAN SPRAGUE 2008
RMCADDJX–Aug. 5, 2010 - Rimin-Gado, KANO, NIGERIA - Polio victim Abubakar, 6, crawls next to the footprint of mother at his family home in the village of Rimon-Gado outside of Kano, Nigeria. Religious zealotry and misinformation have coerced villagers in the Muslim north of Nigeria into refusing polio vaccin
RMGC0T6H–John Taylor, a 28-year-old polio victim, is greeted by his mother when he arrived in an iron lung aboard the liner Rangitane at Southampton from the Panama Canal zone. John was stricken with polio when working in an oil field in Ecuador.
RME0WWEE–Mar. 20, 1964 - Author launches his new book from bed. Polio victim at the DOrchester hotel: Author Paul Bates - 30 year old Polio victim held a reception at the Dorchester Hotel this afternoon from his bed which he has not left since he was attacked with the disease in 1954 in spite of which he is a happy man. He wa accompanied by his co-author the Rev. John Pellow. Paul was a second lieutenant twenty years of age when he was first attacked by polio in the Malayan jungle
RMCF3B9W–A man with polio works as a tailor in a UNDP-funded employment project in Makeni, Sierra Leone
RME0R3H8–Nov. 11, 1957 - Polio victim works by Night and learns to fly by day. Australian Polio victim - 23 year old Peter ('' Stiff Legs'') Lynch, works by night as a telephone operator - at Leichhardt, Australia - and spends much of his day time learning to fly with the Royal Aero Club. In spite of his difficulties he has passed 21 examinations . He is still paralysed and has spent five months in bed. He can only operate the rudder bar by pushing his legs forward with his hands. Lynch has spent over &200 in learning to fly. Photo shows Peterlynch - Polio victim who is learning to fly.
RMA4JRRB–Polio Victim in Wheelchair, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, West Africa.
RMAAA9ER–India Kerala Kovalam Handicapped young man that suffers the effects of polio. 2006
RMAP8XKM–Young man polio victim standing with pole at Workshop for disabled adults at Lake Bosomtwi Ashanti region of Ghana West Africa
RM2CHAYBT–Bearded actor Michael Flanders (a polio victim) arrives in his wheelchair for a meeting of Equity, the actor's union, at the Strand Theatre, London. The union is involved in a pay dispute with the Independent television companies, against whom it has taken strike action.
RME0X91J–Nov. 15, 1965 - 12-Year Old Kim Keeps Her Vow: 12-Year old Kim Pearl wanted to learn a sport she could be good at, as she was unable to play the ordinary 12-yerar old games of hockey, tennis, rounders of netball with the gusto of other girls. For Kim become a polio victim eight years ago. Her father did not waste time arguing when she told him ''Daddy, I am going to teach myself to water-ski I must'' - for is a very determined little girl. Nor was he surprised when he was succeeded water ski, Kim is just as determined to keep in practise,
RMGC0T82–Floating to recovery is ten year old Thomas Franklin Ross, receiving special treatment in the hydro-therapy baths of the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswetry. He was brought to Britain for treatment by Margaret Barnett, who found him whilst travelling through the jungles of Liberia.
RME0XXE5–Mar. 12, 1968 - March 12, 1968 Mrs. Doris Page receives the MBE. Mrs. Doris Page, 42, is pictured in a bed in the quadrangle of Buckingham Palace today, showing her husband Kenneth, and her two sons, Brian 17, and Andrew 15, the MBE which was presented to her by Queen Elizabeth II. Mrs. Page, of Essex Street, Newbury, Berkshire, England, is a polio victim and uses an iron lung, received her award for her work as editor of the magazine Responaut for people living by breathing apparatus.
RF2GN8GH1–POLIO VICTIM ROSALINDA HARDMAN SWIMMING THE ENGLISH CHANNEL PIC MIKE WALKER, 2009
RME0M7FX–Nov. 11, 1953 - American ''Guys and Dolls'' Star visits infantile paralysis Hospital: American Actor Jerry Wayne who is starring in ''Guy's and Dolls'' - and who was once a Polio victim - this morning paid a visit to the Queen Mary's Hospital, for Children - at Carshalton - where he talked and sang for some of the children. Photo Shows Jerry Wayne singing to Stewart Hand (4) while seated at the piano at the hospital today. The Child was flown from Malaya for treatment. Seated on top of piano is Linda Hillary (3) who comes from Sutton.
RME0XXE6–Mar. 12, 1968 - March 12, 1968 Mrs. Doris Page receives the MBE. Police motorcyclist lift the bed carrying Mrs. Doris Page, 42, from the ambulance to the ground in the quadrangle of Buckingham Palace today. Mrs. page who is a polio victim and uses an iron lung, was wheeled into the Bow Room of the Palace to receive the MBE from Queen Elizabeth II for her work as editor of the magazine Responaut for people living by breathing apparatus. Mrs. Page's husband, Kenneth is pictured at the foot of the bed (left) and one of her two sons is pictured at the head of the bed.
RMCWBY1D–School principal, E. Joseph LaLiberte, waits for seven-year-old polio victim, Eddie Randolph in 1956. 1950s discovery of polio
RME0KY1C–Sep. 09, 1952 - 9-9-52 An unsinkable swimsuit demonstrated in the Thames. Models with the costumes in different styles ? An unsinkable swimsuit was demonstrated on the Thames at Battersea Festival Gardens this afternoon. A number of models paraded and were placed into the water, including eight year old girl, a 32 year old polio victim and the new swimsuit kept them afloat. Keystone Photo Shows: Models seen wearing the new costume in different styles, L-R: Jean Marsh; Lillemor Knudson; Shirley Burniston and 8 year old Susie Aveyard.
RMREXD3A–postage stamp from Mali depicting an anti-polio campaign, research facility and paralyzed polio victim.
RFA567FX–Painet iy7790 ethiopia urban development project daughters charity kabille 18 addis ababa helps poor people disabilities
RMBTKJY0–School principal, E. Joseph LaLiberte, waits for seven-year-old polio victim, Eddie Randolph in 1956. 1950s discovery of polio vaccines ended the devastation of the crippling disease.
RF2GAJ31B–FRANCE - CIRCA 1959: a stamp printed in the France shows Polio Victim Holding Crutches, Vaccination against Poliomyelitis, circa 1959
RM2HX5FRE–Hospital 'Ham.' -- In his room at the Wahroonga Sanitorium, surgical patient Phil Edwards, amateur radios crank, holds strange little parties. Guests who live as far away as 400 miles from Sydney include a blind ex- digger of World War 1, a polio victim, a completely paralysed boy and a dairy farmer from the Clarence River district. Phil twiddles the dial of his radio transmitter and is able to tune-in and hold conversations with his 'ham' friends. June 16, 1950.
RMC9GR4T–Sept. 17, 2010 - Kano, KANO, NIGERIA - Polio victim Musa Mohammad holds a cell phone showing a text sent out by the government promoting the polio immunization campaign underway in Kano State. Members of the Kano State Polio Victims Trust Association, gather at the association's yard and shop for ma
RM2NH90C4–Help me win MY victory -- Join the March of Dimes! Illustration showing a child suffering from infantile paralysis due to polio. The disease of poliomyelitis was often called infantile paralysis because of its propensity to affect children. March of Dimes, a nonprofit organization, was founded by FDR in 1938 to fight polio. Poster by Charles Henry Alston created during World War II in support of polio research, 1943. Colorized.
RMJ4B590–Victim of poliomyelitis begging in Pokhara, Nepal.
RMAG3P97–Angola victim poverty disease
RMCF3A34–Men with polio in Makeni, Sierra Leone
RMAHPYEE–Young boy at a post-polio clinic being fitted with new leg callipers by the physiotherapist. Asmara, Eritrea
RFHAK42W–Stop Polio
RF2GN8GE7–POLIO VICTIM ROSALINDA HARDMAN SWIMMING THE ENGLISH CHANNEL PIC MIKE WALKER, 2009
RMJFB022–Postcard depicting a class of school children with their teacher outside posing in summer uniform, In the front row is a girl in calipers, probably a victim of polio, circa early 1950's, U.K.
RMDR85DR–Karachi, Pakistan. 21st Jan, 2014. People carry coffin of anti polio campaigner victim of firing incident, who was assassinated in Qayyumabad area, during funeral prayer at PIB Colony in Karachi on Tuesday, January 21, 2014. Three anti polio campaigners assassinated in Qayyumabad area as they were on their campaign drive, including two female and a man. Credit: Asianet-Pakistan/Alamy Live News
RMBFHKEW–Statue of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Grosvenor Square,London W1, England.
RMDFMRNN–Relative of a victim of bomb explosion near a hospital at Sulemankhel area, weeping at local hospital in Peshawar on Monday, October 07, 2013. At least two persons were killed and 12 injured in an explosion followed by firing at Sulemankhel. Police said that the bomb exploded near a hospital and hit a police mobile that had arrived for protecting a polio vaccination team to whom the vaccination materials were being distributed inside the hospital Credit: Asianet-Pakistan/Alamy Live News
RMC13D1B–FDR Presidency. From left: recovered polio victim Janice Miles and March of Dimes Commissioner John Russell Young with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt at the opening of the annual March of Dimes campaign, 1945.
RMH65JCR–Pakistan. 25th October, 2016. Dead body of police official victim of bomb explosion planted near roadside occurred near MCA School in Daudzai area, shifted at local hospital in Peshawar on Tuesday, October 25, 2016. A policeman guarding polio workers on the second day of a vaccination campaign was killed in a roadside blast in Peshawar. The explosion occurred near MCA School in Daudzai area, injuring two policemen. They were shifted to Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) where one of them identified as Nazir succumbed to his injuries. Credit: Asianet-Pakistan/Alamy Live News
RFA567FY–Painet iy7791 ethiopia urban development project daughters charity kabille 18 addis ababa helps poor people disabilities
RMCADEDP–Sept. 20, 2010 - Rimin-Gado, KANO, NIGERIA - Polio victim Abubakar, 6, right, follows a boy in his neighborhood near Kano, Nigeria. Religious zealotry and misinformation have coerced villagers in the Muslim north of Nigeria into refusing polio vaccinations and led to the reemergence of polio only a
RMBRXXGP–Men hospital patients are playing a game of wheelchair basketball at The National Rehabilitation Center in Vientiane, Laos.
RFTRPJKJ–ANTIPOLO CITY, PHILIPPINES – JUNE 7, 2019: A person with disability peddles candies and cigarettes on his improvised wheelchair at a busy street.
RMJRY7MR–Two women descending the stairs of Nyatapola Temple in Durbar square, Bhaktapur.
RMAG3P90–Angola Luanda
RMCF3A25–A man stands in a center for polio sufferers in Makeni, Sierra Leone
RMAYJHG5–B/W of a female physiotherapist manipulating the legs of a young boy, a victim of polio, at a clinic in Asele, Shoa, Ethiopia, Africa
RFG44W7A–Stop Polio
RF2GN8GED–POLIO VICTIM ROSALINDA HARDMAN WHO HAS SWUM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. PIC MIKE WALKER, 2009
RMGMFE6R–Quezon City, Philippines. 27th Aug, 2016. Philippine powerlifter Adeline Dumapong-Ancheta rests during a training session in preparation for the Rio Paralympic Games in Quezon City, the Philippines, Aug. 27, 2016. Adeline Dumapong-Ancheta, a polio victim since she was three years old, has won many medals in powerlifting events in various international competitions and is qualified to compete in the Rio Paralympic Games in September. Credit: Rouelle Umali/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RMH65JCX–Pakistan. 25th October, 2016. Dead body of police official victim of bomb explosion planted near roadside occurred near MCA School in Daudzai area, shifted at local hospital in Peshawar on Tuesday, October 25, 2016. A policeman guarding polio workers on the second day of a vaccination campaign was killed in a roadside blast in Peshawar. The explosion occurred near MCA School in Daudzai area, injuring two policemen. They were shifted to Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) where one of them identified as Nazir succumbed to his injuries. Credit: Asianet-Pakistan/Alamy Live News
RMCADEDN–Sept. 20, 2010 - Rimin-Gado, KANO, NIGERIA - Polio victim Abubakar, 6, right, follows a boy in his neighborhood near Kano, Nigeria. Religious zealotry and misinformation have coerced villagers in the Muslim north of Nigeria into refusing polio vaccinations and led to the reemergence of polio only a
RMCADBD0–Aug. 5, 2010 - Kano, KANO, NIGERIA - An unidentified polio victim manuvers past rows of hand cranked wheelchairs, on the small skateboard he uses to get around on at the Kano State Polio Victims Trust Association in Kano, Nigeria. Men with polio find community at the association which builds custom
RMJ4B40C–Disabled shop owner is waiting for customers, lying flat on his belly. Bhaktapur, Nepal.
RFTRPWBE–ANTIPOLO CITY, PHILIPPINES – JUNE 7, 2019: A person with disability peddles candies and cigarettes on his improvised wheelchair at a busy street.
RMCF3AWX–People with Polio laugh in Makeni, Sierra Leone, as they work on a UNDP-funded shoe-repairs project
RMAYJFT0–B/W of a mother doing physiotherapy with her son, who suffers from the effects of polio, at a clinic in Asmara. Eritrea
RF2GN8GF1–POLIO VICTIM ROSALINDA HARDMAN WHO SWAM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL PIC MIKE WALKER,2009
RM2WB3FGR–Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan. 8th Jan, 2024. Blast during polio vaccination drive kills five police officers and injures two dozen.PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN, JANUARY, 08: Hospital workers and volunteers unload an injured police officer, a victim of roadside bombing, from an ambulance upon arrival at a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. A roadside bomb exploded Monday near a van carrying police assigned to protect workers in an anti-polio immunization campaign in restive northwestern Pakistan, killing and wounding officers and others, officials said. Credit: ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy L
RMCADBC6–Aug. 5, 2010 - Kano, KANO, NIGERIA - Polio victim Nuhur Nuraibu, returns home after visiting the Kano State Polio Victims Trust Association in Kano city. Men with polio find community at the association which builds custom hand cranked wheelchairs and modified motorcycles for polio victims and also
RMCF3AX8–A man with polio working as a bicycle mechanic in a UNDP-funded project in Makeni, Sierra Leone
RMAYJGXE–B/W of a mobile technician adjusting the callipers of a girl suffering the effects of polio at Black Lion Hospital. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
RF2GN8GF9–POLIO VICTIM ROSALINDA HARDMAN WHO SWAM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL PIC MIKE WALKER, 2009
RM2WB3E6E–Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan. 8th Jan, 2024. Blast during polio vaccination drive kills five police officers and injures two dozen.PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN, JANUARY, 08: Hospital workers and volunteers unload an injured police officer, a victim of roadside bombing, from an ambulance upon arrival at a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. A roadside bomb exploded Monday near a van carrying police assigned to protect workers in an anti-polio immunization campaign in restive northwestern Pakistan, killing and wounding officers and others, officials said. Credit: ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy L
RMCADBFE–Aug. 5, 2010 - Kano, KANO, NIGERIA - Polio victim Sunusi Mohammad, lays on a custom modified motorcycle at the Kano State Polio Victims Trust Association in Kano, Nigeria. Right is Musa Mohammad, also with polio. Men with polio find community at the association..Religious zealotry and misinformation
RMCF3ANR–A man with polio working as a bicycle mechanic in a UNDP-funded project in Makeni, Sierra Leone
RF2GN8GEX–POLIO VICTIM ROSALINDA HARDMAN WHO SWAM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL PIC MIKE WALKER, 2009
RM2WB3ECF–Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan. 8th Jan, 2024. Blast during polio vaccination drive kills five police officers and injures two dozen.PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN, JANUARY, 08: Hospital workers and volunteers unload an injured police officer, a victim of roadside bombing, from an ambulance upon arrival at a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. A roadside bomb exploded Monday near a van carrying police assigned to protect workers in an anti-polio immunization campaign in restive northwestern Pakistan, killing and wounding officers and others, officials said. Credit: ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy L
RMCADDHX–Aug. 5, 2010 - Rimin-Gado, KANO, NIGERIA - A young polio victim watches children get vaccinated at a fixed post vaccine site on day three of the polio vaccination campaign sponsored by UNICEF, in the village of Rimon-Gado outside of Kano, Nigeria. Religious zealotry and misinformation have coerced
RMCF3AP8–A man with polio working as a bicycle mechanic in a UNDP-funded project in Makeni, Sierra Leone
RMCF3B8R–A man with polio makes sandals in a UNDP-funded employment project in Makeni, Sierra Leone
RF2GN8GEH–POLIO VICTIM ROSALINDA HARDMAN WHO SWAM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL PIC MIKE WALKER, 2009
RM2WB3EKM–Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan. 8th Jan, 2024. Blast during polio vaccination drive kills five police officers and injures two dozen.PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN, JANUARY, 08: Hospital workers and volunteers unload an injured police officer, a victim of roadside bombing, from an ambulance upon arrival at a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. A roadside bomb exploded Monday near a van carrying police assigned to protect workers in an anti-polio immunization campaign in restive northwestern Pakistan, killing and wounding officers and others, officials said. Credit: ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy L
RMCADDH7–Aug. 5, 2010 - Rimin-Gado, KANO, NIGERIA - Polio victim Marufa Vinusa, 10, sits with her mother Zainab at a fixed post vaccine site on day three of the polio vaccination campaign sponsored by UNICEF, in the village of Rimon-Gado outside of Kano, Nigeria. Religious zealotry and misinformation have
RMCF3B95–A man with polio makes sandals in a UNDP-funded employment project in Makeni, Sierra Leone
RF2GN8GGX–POLIO VICTIM ROSALINDA HARDMAN WHO SWAM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL PIC MIKE WALKER, 2009
RMCF3A2T–Men with polio in Makeni, Sierra Leone
RMCF3B8J–A man with polio makes sandals in a UNDP-funded employment project in Makeni, Sierra Leone
RM2WB3G69–Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan. 8th Jan, 2024. Blast during polio vaccination drive kills five police officers and injures two dozen.PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN, JANUARY, 08: Hospital workers and volunteers unload an injured police officer, a victim of roadside bombing, from an ambulance upon arrival at a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. A roadside bomb exploded Monday near a van carrying police assigned to protect workers in an anti-polio immunization campaign in restive northwestern Pakistan, killing and wounding officers and others, officials said. Credit: ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy L
RMCADDG9–Aug. 5, 2010 - Rimin-Gado, KANO, NIGERIA - A young polio victim watches children get vaccinated at a fixed post vaccine site on day three of the polio vaccination campaign sponsored by UNICEF, in the village of Rimon-Gado outside of Kano, Nigeria. Religious zealotry and misinformation have coerced
RF2GN8GGN–POLIO VICTIM ROSALINDA HARDMAN WHO SWAM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL PIC MIKE WALKER, 2009
RMCADDGJ–Aug. 5, 2010 - Rimin-Gado, KANO, NIGERIA - Polio victim Marufa Vinusa, 10, sits with her mother Zainab at a fixed post vaccine site on day three of the polio vaccination campaign sponsored by UNICEF, in the village of Rimon-Gado outside of Kano, Nigeria. Religious zealotry and misinformation have
RF2GN8GGJ–POLIO VICTIM ROSALINDA HARDMAN CELEBRATES AFTER SWIMMING THE ENGLISH CHANNEL PIC MIKE WALKER, 2009
RM2WB3F9X–Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan. 8th Jan, 2024. Blast during polio vaccination drive kills five police officers and injures two dozen.PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN, JANUARY, 08: Hospital workers and volunteers unload an injured police officer, a victim of roadside bombing, from an ambulance upon arrival at a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. A roadside bomb exploded Monday near a van carrying police assigned to protect workers in an anti-polio immunization campaign in restive northwestern Pakistan, killing and wounding officers and others, officials said. Credit: ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy L
RMCADDJ4–Aug. 5, 2010 - Rimin-Gado, KANO, NIGERIA - Polio victim Marufa Vinusa, 10, sits with her mother Zainab at a fixed post vaccine site on day three of the polio vaccination campaign sponsored by UNICEF, in the village of Rimon-Gado outside of Kano, Nigeria. Religious zealotry and misinformation have
RF2GN8GEN–POLIO VICTIM ROSALINDA HARDMAN STOPS FOR REFRESHMENTS DURING HER EPIC CROSS CHANNEL SWIM PIC MIKE WALKER, 2009
RM2WB3ECR–Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan. 8th Jan, 2024. Blast during polio vaccination drive kills five police officers and injures two dozen.PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN, JANUARY, 08: Hospital workers and volunteers unload an injured police officer, a victim of roadside bombing, from an ambulance upon arrival at a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. A roadside bomb exploded Monday near a van carrying police assigned to protect workers in an anti-polio immunization campaign in restive northwestern Pakistan, killing and wounding officers and others, officials said. Credit: ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy L
RMCADBBE–Aug. 5, 2010 - Kano, KANO, NIGERIA - Polio victim Isha Idiris, 20, manuvers past rows of hand cranked wheelchairs, on the small skateboard he uses to get around on at the Kano State Polio Victims Trust Association in Kano, Nigeria. Men with polio find community at the association which builds custom
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