Minnesota's Greatest Generation

Polio shots for children at Lincoln School, St. Cloud, 1953

The polio epidemic of the 1950s was combatted in schools through an immunization program. This child at the Lincoln School in St. Cloud is shown getting a shot to prevent the crippling disease.

Creator: Minneapolis Star Journal Tribune
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Date: 1953
Identifer: location R3.2 p50

Polio shots for children at Lincoln School, St. Cloud, 1953