Out to Lick Polio -- Joanne Wilson, 5, New York City's March of Dimes poster girl last year, puts the bite on rock 'n roll singer Elvis Presley last night by selling him a lollypop for a donation to fight polio. Elvis appeared on television to help start nationwide Teens Against Polio campaign. Joanne is from Rockaway Beach, N.Y.

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Title:
Out to Lick Polio -- Joanne Wilson, 5, New York City's March of Dimes poster girl last year, puts the bite on rock 'n roll singer Elvis Presley last night by selling him a lollypop for a donation to fight polio. Elvis appeared on television to help start nationwide Teens Against Polio campaign. Joanne is from Rockaway Beach, N.Y.
Title (alt.):
Polio March of Dimes
Description:
[Information from item housing] March of Dimes ... 1956
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. January 1957]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Charitable organizations
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 255 x 209 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/z890w417x
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001467_0016
Barcode:
39999088103716