Fred Snite Helps Save Him -- Due to the help of the famous "Boiler Kid," Fred Snite Jr., who loaned this baby lung and a staff of physicians, Steve Happney, 24, electrician and father of two children, is expected to regain his health after fighting infantile paralysis, the dread disease that has kept young Snite in such a lung for more that four years.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Fred Snite Helps Save Him -- Due to the help of the famous "Boiler Kid," Fred Snite Jr., who loaned this baby lung and a staff of physicians, Steve Happney, 24, electrician and father of two children, is expected to regain his health after fighting infantile paralysis, the dread disease that has kept young Snite in such a lung for more that four years.

Associated Press · [ca. January 1941]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

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