Happy Mother--Mrs. Dorothy Barry, 25, looks happily at son born to her today in Kingston Avenue Hospital in Brooklyn by Caesarean section during 50 minutes she was freed from iron lung. Nurse Darrie Steck holds baby which weighed six pounds, 9 1/2 ounces. Proud fellow at right is the father, George. Mrs. Barry was stricken with polio last October.

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Happy Mother--Mrs. Dorothy Barry, 25, looks happily at son born to her today in Kingston Avenue Hospital in Brooklyn by Caesarean section during 50 minutes she was freed from iron lung. Nurse Darrie Steck holds baby which weighed six pounds, 9 1/2 ounces. Proud fellow at right is the father, George. Mrs. Barry was stricken with polio last October.

Associated Press · [ca. January 1953]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Iron Lung: Wire Photos

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