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The vaccination line on April 14, 1947, at the New York City Health Department.Credit...Arthur Brower/The New York Times
How New York City Vaccinated 6 Million People in Less Than a Month
When a single case of smallpox arrived in Manhattan in 1947, a severe outbreak was possible. A decisive civil servant made a bold decision.
The vaccination line on April 14, 1947, at the New York City Health Department.Credit...Arthur Brower/The New York Times
Dec. 18, 2020
On Easter weekend in 1947, New York City buzzed with an air of invincibility. The miseries of World War II were finally over, and New York, like the rest of the country, was buoyant. The future promised great things. The Polaroid Land camera had just been invented. Consumer TV sets were appearing in living rooms. The transistor radio was in the works.