Mother Has Child in Iron Lung- A Three-pound daughter was born Christmas day to Mrs. Iva Hitchcox. 37, infantile paralysis victim in Battle Creek, Mich., confined to an iron long for 14 weeks. Above, a nurse reads Mrs. Hitchcock a letter from her husband, Capt. G Hobart Hitchcox, on the Western Front.

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Mother Has Child in Iron Lung- A Three-pound daughter was born Christmas day to Mrs. Iva Hitchcox. 37, infantile paralysis victim in Battle Creek, Mich., confined to an iron long for 14 weeks. Above, a nurse reads Mrs. Hitchcock a letter from her husband, Capt. G Hobart Hitchcox, on the Western Front.

Associated Press · [ca. December 1944]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Iron Lung: Wire Photos

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