File 54-6763 - YMCA Polio Swimmers

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YMCA Polio Swimmers

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SCA98-GA68-1954-54-6763

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  • March 15, 1954 (Creation)

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3 photographs : b&w negatives ; 8 x 10 cm

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      Added to Waterloo Digital Library.
      Envelope scanned as TIF files April 2024

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      54-6763_001, 54-6763_003 and a photo missing from envelope appeared in the Tuesday, March 23, 1954 edition of the newspaper as part of the article: "Polio Victims Paddle, Splash Back to Health."

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      Photo caption from missing photo [no suitable substitute in envelope]: "FIRST TIME - Mrs. Margaret McDowell aids a tiny lad to stand in the shallow end of the YMCA swimming pool for the first time since he contracted polio. Classes are held regularly for the K-W Hospital patients as one form of physiotherapy."

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      Photo caption from published version of 54-6763_001: "FLOATING - With assistance, two girls try floating on their backs in the shallow end of the pool. An inner tube (background) is also useful in treatment."

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      Photo caption from published version of 54-6763_003: "WORK LEGS - Patients hang on to the edge of the pool while assistants help to move their legs in an effort to overcome the paralysis. Instructors are (left to right) Miss Ann Marie Kerber, Edward Lescom, Fred Roger and Allan Menzies."

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