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Yale alumna Ruth Taber was the driving force behind the iconic image of Elvis Presley receiving a polio vaccine in 1956, a moment many consider to be a major
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West Tisbury father-and-son farmers Orin Look, left, and Davis Look, right, for whom Davis Look Road (sometimes called Orin Look Road) is named, seen here in an early 20th-century north shore picnic with Lois Luce and others. â Courtesy Chris Baer
Approaching West Tisbury center, circa 1893, from the Chilmark side. â Courtesy Chris Baer
State Road, West Tisbury, c. 1893. The old North Tisbury post office (no longer extant) is visible on the right; on the left is property later owned by Forrest Bosworth. â Courtesy Chris Baer
By now, youâve likely seen the famous photograph of Tupelo native son Elvis Presley, arm raised and big grin, as he took a hypodermic in the arm from Harold Fuerst, the New York City Assistant Commissioner of Health, as Fuerstâs boss, Commissioner Leona Baumgartner, looked on.
That day â Oct. 28, 1956 â stood as a deliberate way to manipulate teenagers in the United States to take the Salk Polio Vaccine. Scheduled to perform on the âEd Sullivan Showâ just minutes later, Elvis took the vaccine in a highly publicized press conference to instill confidence in the vaccine.
A little more than three years prior, Jonas Salk had announced on CBS Radio that he had tested a vaccine against polio. This came after 1952 when 58,000 new cases had been reported in the U.S. and 3,000 people had died.