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1920s Immunization

Caption:

Children receiving diphtheria immunization, New York City, 1920s

Description:

Metropolitan Life Insurance company promoted diphtheria immunization in New York in the 1920s. The children lined to up receive what at that time would have been toxin-antitoxin mixture from school nurses.

Creator:

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.

Timeline Category:

Diphtheria