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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Inc. Lapel Tab
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Inc. Lapel Tab

Artifact IDMO 1978.9
Object Type Button, Promotional
Maker (American, founded 1895)
Dateca. 1930s
Mediumpaint on metal (tin)
Dimensionsoverall H 1 7/8 in x W 1 in (4.8 cm x 2.5 cm )
Physical DescriptionAn unused multi-colored lapel tab, irregularly shaped. It depicts a young girl in leg braces and a young boy on crutches. Below the image is text that reads: FIGHT / INFANTILE PARALYSIS. The manufacturer's information is printed on the tab.
Historical NoteThis National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis lapel tab is on display in THE MARCH OF DIMES AND FDR exhibit in the Museum’s FOUNDATIONS OF A PUBLIC LIFE gallery. FDR created the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (which became known as the March of Dimes) to support the polio rehabilitation center he had established in Warm Springs, Georgia in 1927 and aid polio victims around the nation. The Foundation urged Americans to send their loose change to the President in a “march of dimes.” The March of Dimes supported the research and development of a polio vaccine by Jonas Salk in 1955 that eradicated the disease throughout most of the world.

This lapel tab is on display in THE MARCH OF DIMES AND FDR exhibit in the Museum’s FOUNDATIONS OF A PUBLIC LIFE gallery.

Additional Details
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesGift Items and Commemorative Artifacts (National Archives Identifier 782690)
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