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Coin Donation Bank - March of Dimes - Reproduction of the "Iron Lung" Which Has Saved the Lives of Many Infantile Paralysis Victims

Object Details

Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
maker
Allied Printing Trades Council
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
date made
1952
Physical Description
cardboard (overall material)
ink (overall material)
metal (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 31.8 cm x 22.8 cm x 8.5 cm x 7.5 cm; 12 1/2 in x 9 in x 3 3/8 in x 2 15/16 in
overall,: 3 in x 9 in x 12 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 22.86 cm x 31.75 cm
part: coin bank: 6 in x 3 in; 15.24 cm x 7.62 cm
Object Name
bank, donation, polio eradication
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