BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Whatever Happened to Polio?

DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Whatever Happened to Polio?:

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Description of Pictures: Whatever Happened to Polio?
April 12, 2005 – September 4, 2006
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the polio vaccine, this multimedia exhibition tells the story of polio from the perspective of the patient, traces the development of the vaccine that ended polio in the U.S., and discusses polio survivors and the changes they have made in American society. The exhibition also explores the changes in American medicine in the 20th century and the impact a disease can have on society as a whole. Other themes include community activism, human resilience, the development and use of medical technologies and medical science, and competition and rivalry in science. Objects on view include a working miniature iron lung and a pair of Franklin D. Roosevelt's leg braces.

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2005 photos: Equipment this year: I used four cameras -- two Fujifilm S7000 cameras (which were plagued by dust inside the lens), a new Fujifilm S5200 (nice but not great and I hated the proprietary xD memory chips), and a Canon PowerShot S1 IS (returned because it felt flimsy to me). I gave my Epson camera to my catsitter. Both of the S7000s were in for repairs over Christmas. Trips this year: Florida (for Lotusphere), a driving trip down south (seeing sites in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia), Williamsburg, and Chicago. Number of photos taken this year: 147,000.
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