photographs

Doctors and others pleasantly discuss the telecast of the poliomyelitis vaccine, after the show. Gift of Mrs. Emerick.

Photograph of Dr. Bazilauskas (of Medical Communications, Inc.; first name not available) together with Michigan personnel, preparing charts and other visual aid materials for the televised report of the Dr. Salk and Dr. Rivers poliomyelitis vaccine. Gift of Mr.s Emerick.

Dr. Jonas Salk giving the essentials of the evaluation report at the telecast of the poliomyelitis vaccine.

Dr. David Bodian (polio researcher at Johns Hopkins) presents factors which lead to the development of poliomyelitis vaccine at the telecast Gift of Mrs. Emerick

Dr. Thomas M. Rivers and Dr. David Bodian watch a monitor of the poliomyelitis vaccine telecast.

Dr. Edward M. Bernecker on a speaker's platform giving an address.

Dr. Jonas E. Salk graphically illustrates the effect of the poliomyelitis virus at the of the poliomyelitis vaccine telecast. Gift of Mrs. Emerick

Start of the poliomyelitis vaccine telecast featuring Dr. Jonas E. Salk and Dr. Thomas M. Rivers. Dr. David Bodian waits onscreen. Dr. Rivers is seated. Gift of Mrs. Emerick

Mr. Basil O'Connor (head of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis - later the March of Dimes) reads Mrs. Hobby's licensing message (first name not available). The young lady in the center foreground holds the card from which Mr. O'Connor reads. The names of the manufacturers are printed on this card in four-inch size lettering. Gift of Mrs. Emerick

First injection of the Salk Vaccine, following NIH approval and licensing, at the telecast of the poliomyelitis vaccine. Salk is administering the injection to a young boy. Dr. Hart Edgar Van Riper, Medical Director of the National Foundation on Infantile Paralysis, observes. Gift of Mrs. Emerick