Poster Girl, Her Pop and Emmett Kelly Huddle Over Sucker -- Marlene Olsen, 4, of Bradford, Mass., the 1957 March of Dimes Poster Girl, is greeted by Clown Emmett Kelly, left. At right is Marlene's dad, Capt. Arnold Olsen, who at the age of 15 ran away from home, joined Ringling Circus and had Kelly bum cigarettes off him.

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Poster Girl, Her Pop and Emmett Kelly Huddle Over Sucker -- Marlene Olsen, 4, of Bradford, Mass., the 1957 March of Dimes Poster Girl, is greeted by Clown Emmett Kelly, left. At right is Marlene's dad, Capt. Arnold Olsen, who at the age of 15 ran away from home, joined Ringling Circus and had Kelly bum cigarettes off him.

Associated Press · [ca. January 1957]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] March of Dimes ... 1956

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