Multiple Sclerosis Campaign, Celebrity Spot Announcements

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

The following celebrities make an appeal to the public to donate to the Multiple Sclerosis Campaign of 1955:

1. Shirley Booth
2. Ed Sullivan
3. Perry Como
4. Rosemary Clooney
5. Bob Hope
6. Joan Fontaine
7. Arlene Francis
8. Helen Hayes
9. Bing Crosby
10. Janet Blair


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


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Municipal archives id: LT4533

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