Iron Lung Fashion Show--Iron Lung patients at Rancho Los Amigos Hospital admire a cocktail dress being modeled by Diane DuBois yesterday in what is believed to be the first fashion show ever held in a polio ward. In the lungs are Miss Kay Wilson (left), Mrs. Audry Whipp (center) and Miss Pat Amsbury. three of 31 patients at the show. The showing was held as a test run to see how effectively fashions would serve as morale medicine.

Associated Press · [ca. November 1952]

[Information from item housing] Iron Lung: Wire Photos