March of Dimes

March of Dimes Humanitarian Award to Eddie Cantor. Celebrities in the crowd are noted with plenty of jokes and stories.

Dr. Leona Baumgartner, City Health Commissioner, discusses fluoridation and the polio vaccine.

As part of a fundraising effort for the March of Dimes, Eleanor Roosevelt reveals her "hidden talent" as a disc jockey.

Commissioner of Health Leona Baumgartner reads spot announcements increasing awareness of the new polio vaccine.

Dr. Leona Baumgartner, Commissioner of Health, answers questions about the Salk Vaccine used to treat Poliomyelitis from a typical New York City father.

Dr. Jonas Salk slide lecture on polio vaccine.

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 poli

This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate. Mayor Wagner statement announcing the success of the Salk polio...

This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate. Dr Baumgartner's message to WNYC listeners on the eve of her vi...

Health Commissioner Leona Baumgartner and an unnamed doctor describe the polio vaccine trials that will take place in New York in the coming months.

Eartha Kitt and Wally Cox (Mr. Peepers) join an all-star cast at City Hall for The March of Dimes.

Eddie Cantor, Jimmy Durante, Henry Fonda and Perry Como lent their voices to call for volunteers to participate in the 1953 Mother's March on Polio. For two hours on January 28th, 125...

This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate. Speeches and performances for the rally of the opening of the 1...

Hart E. Van Riper, Medical Director for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, sits down with John Savage to discuss the status of the polio epidemic in the greater New York...

Polio outbreak in Queens and Brooklyn.