Description: caption reads: "A winding road, trees glazed with ice and snow, a peaceful calm- a picturesque scene on the Dayton State Hospital grounds." The Dayton State Hospital started in 1855 as the Southern Ohio Lunatic Asylum and would eventually become the Dayton Mental Health Center. In the 1960's it served 2000 patients in 77 buildings, on 1,000 acres. Over the years, parts of the grounds were sold off, due to decline, and in February of 2008, the state officially closed the hospital, by then known as Twin Valley Behavioral Health Care. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F08_011_1
Subjects: Ohio Government; Achitecture; Hospitals--History--Ohio; Health care facilities
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated March 4, 1957, a young Steve Mitchell receives the polio vaccine at Mercy Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Polio, a virus that causes paralysis, especially in young children, was a major public health concern in the United States and globally from the early 1900s through the 1950s. In 1952, Jonas Salk at University of Pittsburgh developed the first effective polio vaccine, which was given to hundreds of thousands of children across the country. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B11F11_04
Subjects: Medicine; Medical care; Health care; Science and Technology; Children
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken by photographer Jack Klumpe on June 24, 1962, this negative shows an elderly couple standing next to a sign promoting a "Sabin Sunday" polio vaccination event in Cincinnati, Ohio. The oral polio vaccine was developed by Albert B. Sabin and was distributed across the United States in 1962, and globally in 1963. In 1939, Sabin accepted an associate professorship and research fellowship at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine & Children's Hospital Research Foundation. Sabin served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War II as a researcher, and returned to University of Cincinnati after the war. In 1959 Sabin tested his oral vaccine on 10 million children in Russia, which proved its effectiveness and that it was safe to use. On April 24, 1960, he held the first "Sabin Sunday" vaccination clinic in Cincinnati, where over 200,000 children were vaccinated. Cities across the country hosted "Sabin Sunday" vaccination clinics as part of a larger national vaccination campaign to combat polio. This negative is part of the Jack Klumpe Collection (AV 3). Klumpe was a photographer for Cincinnati Post, and this collection consists of around 25,000 photographic negatives from his career with the Post. These images document the history of the greater Cincinnati area with photographs of celebrities and prominent Ohioans, news events, historic landmarks, and sporting events. Klumpe graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1942, and taught high school geography for three years before joining the Cincinnati Post as a reporter and editor. The following year, he became one of two staff photographers for the Post, where he specialized in sports photography and was known for his pioneering use of the 35mm camera to cover news stories. He retired in 1985. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV3_B07F34_02
Subjects: Medicine; Medical care; Health care; Science and Technology; Sabin, Albert B. (Albert Bruce), 1906-1993
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated April 23, 1955, this photograph shows 7 year old Charlissa Jean Finks of Hilliard, Ohio, receiving her first polio vaccine, administered by Dr. Robert A. Evans. Polio, a virus that causes paralysis, especially in young children, was a major public health concern in the United States and globally from the early 1900s through the 1950s. In 1952, Jonas Salk at University of Pittsburgh developed the first effective polio vaccine, which was given to hundreds of thousands of children across the country. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B11F11_05
Subjects: Medicine; Medical care; Health care; Science and Technology; Children
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Mary Settimio, a Columbus, Ohio, district health nurse, gives young Sharon Serrott a dose of the Salk polio vaccine, ca. 1955-1957. Darline Warren (right), a nursing student at Mt. Carmel Hospital, holds Sharon in a support, as Mrs. George C. Deckman (left), president of the Columbus Federation of Women's Clubs, watches. A stamp on the photograph's reverse reads "Daniel Firestone Photographs 168 N. Third Street Columbus, 15, OHIO Capital 8-5883." Polio, a virus that causes paralysis, especially in young children, was a major public health concern in the United States and globally from the early 1900s through the 1950s. In 1952, Jonas Salk at University of Pittsburgh developed the first effective polio vaccine, which was given to hundreds of thousands of children across the country. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B11F11_01
Subjects: Medicine; Medical care; Health care; Science and Technology; Children; Nurses
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken by photographer Jack Klumpe on June 24, 1962, this negative shows a nurse administering the oral polio vaccine to a baby on a "Sabin Sunday" vaccination event in Cincinnati, Ohio. The oral polio vaccine was developed by Albert B. Sabin and was distributed across the United States in 1962, and globally in 1963. In 1939, Sabin accepted an associate professorship and research fellowship at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine & Children's Hospital Research Foundation. Sabin served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War II as a researcher, and returned to University of Cincinnati after the war. In 1959 Sabin tested his oral vaccine on 10 million children in Russia, which proved its effectiveness and that it was safe to use. On April 24, 1960, he held the first "Sabin Sunday" vaccination clinic in Cincinnati, where over 200,000 children were vaccinated. Cities across the country hosted "Sabin Sunday" vaccination clinics as part of a larger national vaccination campaign to combat polio. This negative is part of the Jack Klumpe Collection (AV 3). Klumpe was a photographer for Cincinnati Post, and this collection consists of around 25,000 photographic negatives from his career with the Post. These images document the history of the greater Cincinnati area with photographs of celebrities and prominent Ohioans, news events, historic landmarks, and sporting events. Klumpe graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1942, and taught high school geography for three years before joining the Cincinnati Post as a reporter and editor. The following year, he became one of two staff photographers for the Post, where he specialized in sports photography and was known for his pioneering use of the 35mm camera to cover news stories. He retired in 1985. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV3_B07F34_01
Subjects: Medicine; Medical care; Health care; Science and Technology; Nurses; Infants; Sabin, Albert B. (Albert Bruce), 1906-1993
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated April 13, 1955, this photograph shows a bottle of the Poliomyelitis, or polio, vaccine. Polio, a virus that causes paralysis, especially in young children, was a major public health concern in the United States and globally from the early 1900s through the 1950s. In 1952, Jonas Salk at University of Pittsburgh developed the first effective polio vaccine, which was given to hundreds of thousands of children across the country. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B11F11_06
Subjects: Medicine; Medical care; Health care; Science & Technology
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated February 22, 1957, this photograph shows a woman administering a polio vaccine to a young boy. A large crowd of children and their families stand behind them waiting in line. Polio, a virus that causes paralysis, especially in young children, was a major public health concern in the United States and globally from the early 1900s through the 1950s. In 1952, Jonas Salk at University of Pittsburgh developed the first effective polio vaccine, which was given to hundreds of thousands of children across the country. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B11F11_02
Subjects: Medicine; Medical care; Health care; Science and Technology; Children
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Mary Ann Bickerdyke was a nurse and health care provider for the Union Army during the Civil War. She was born on July 19, 1817, near Mount Vernon, Ohio. After attending Oberlin College, she studied nursing in Cincinnati. During the Civil War, Bickerdyke traveled with the armies of Generals Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman, treating wounded soldiers, setting up field hospitals, and working as an agent for the United States Sanitary Commission. After the war was over, she assisted Union veterans with legal issues and helped them secure their pensions. Bickerdyke died on November 8, 1901, in Bunker Hill, Kansas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04212
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Nurses and nursing--Ohio; Other--Health Care; Women--Ohio--History
Places: Mount Vernon (Ohio); Knox County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated April 13, 1955, an assembly line of women prepare doses of the polio vaccine for shipment at a medical facility. The sealed boxes of vaccines ready for distribution have large labels that read "Polio Vaccine, Rush, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, United States of America." A note on the photograph's reverse reads "Women's Wednesday Polio." Polio, a virus that causes paralysis, especially in young children, was a major public health concern in the United States and globally from the early 1900s through the 1950s. In 1952, Jonas Salk at University of Pittsburgh developed the first effective polio vaccine, which was given to hundreds of thousands of children across the country. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B11F11_03
Subjects: Medicine; Medical care; Health care; Science and Technology; Women
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1939, this photograph shows a physician and nurse examining children at the Babies' Milk Fund (BMF), a non-profit organization established in 1909 and operated by three pediatric practices in Cincinnati, Ohio. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F10_006_2
Subjects: Health care; Medicine--Ohio; Pediatrics--History; Physicians; Health and hygiene
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Burial Squad at Dill Cottage, Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio. The photograph was taken ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00339
Subjects: Rights and Responsibilities; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Health Care
Places: Sandusky (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)