Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Baby Born to Iron Lung Patient - Mrs. June Fritz, 18, Woodstock, Minn. has been a polio patient in the Elizabeth Kenny Institute here since Nov. 26, and has been confined to an iron lung. This morning, she gave birth to a 7 pound, 6 ounces boy, Leroy James Fritz. Holding the baby is the father, Alvin, who farms near Woodstock.
Baby Born to Iron Lung Patient - Mrs. June Fritz, 18, Woodstock, Minn. has been a polio patient in the Elizabeth Kenny Institute here since Nov. 26, and has been confined to an iron lung. This morning, she gave birth to a 7 pound, 6 ounces boy, Leroy James Fritz. Holding the baby is the father, Alvin, who farms near Woodstock.
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Baby Born to Iron Lung Patient - Mrs. June Fritz, 18, Woodstock, Minn. has been a polio patient in the Elizabeth Kenny Institute here since Nov. 26, and has been confined to an iron lung. This morning, she gave birth to a 7 pound, 6 ounces boy, Leroy James Fritz. Holding the baby is the father, Alvin, who farms near Woodstock.

Associated Press · [ca. January 1952]

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