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A photograph from Grady Hospital in Atlanta, GA (c.1940s) provides a glimpse into the experience of polio during America's mid-20th century. From the Digital Public Library of America, courtesy Georgia State University Libraries Special Collections, via Digital Library of Georgia.
Photograph of Hellen Keller [center] attending a Thanksgiving Dinner in Palawoo, California in 1918 with the Kingsley family, in the midst of the 1917-1918 influenza pandemic. The Helen Keller Archive.