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Doctor in a hearse recording case history before admitting new patient to emergency hospital treating child victims of polio epidemic. Shortage of ambulances made it necessary to bring patients in hearses.
Location:Hickory, NC, US
Date taken:July 1944
Photographer:Alfred Eisenstaedt
Size:1280 x 1017 pixels (17.8 x 14.1 inches)

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