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Dick Binzer in iron lung while his father Karl sits nearby, Seattle, 1949
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| Title | Dick Binzer in iron lung while his father Karl sits nearby, Seattle, 1949 |
| Photographer | Martyn, Mary S. |
| Date | 1949 |
| Caption | Photo was taken by an African American nurse, Mary Martyn, at King County (now Harborview) Hospital. |
| Notes | Handwritten on scrapbook page: This Picture taken by (M.S. Martyn, RN) who took care of this patient.
Photograph appeared in January 29, 1949 edition of Northwest Veteran newspaper. Headline: Karl H. Binzer urges "March of Dimes" aid. Caption under photo: Dick Binzer (in lung) and Karl Binzer (his Dad). Excerpt from article: [Karl Binzer's] son, Dick, married just six weeks when polio struck, has now been in the lung pictured above for more than eight weeks. Time out of the lung is gradually increasing but there is still the long fight ahead. |
| Subjects | Iron lungs--Washington (State)--Seattle
Poliomyelitis--Washington (State)--Seattle
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| Personal Names | Binzer, Dick
Binzer, Karl |
| Location | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Black Heritage Society Collection |
| Image Number | 2001.14.2.39A |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or inquire about permissions, contact: TheBoard@blackheritagewa.org. Please cite the Image Number. |
| Repository | The Black Heritage Society of Washington State, Inc. |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print pasted in scrapbook: b&w; 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
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