Leona Baumgartner Reports on the First Shots of the Polio Vaccine of 1955

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

Leona Baumgartner, Commissioner of New York City's Department of Health, reports on the first shots of the polio vaccine to thousands of children at 150 public schools for the start of the spring polio season.


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 150713
Municipal archives id: LT6586

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