Plate, License
Object number2018.138.7
Date1966
MediumCardboard; Ink
Credit LineGift of Holly Dick
DescriptionCardboard license plate from the 1960s. This plate was temporary.DimensionsHeight x Width: 6 × 11 in. (15.2 × 27.9 cm)InscriptionsHandwritten text states "4(5)-30-66 6-30-66 CHRYSTLER CL41G63273500".
MarksPrinted text states "T PA T / 979-449 / ISSUED (handwritten text underneath) EXPIRES (handwritten text underneath) MAKE (handwritten text underneath) SERIAL (handwritten text underneath)".
Historical NotesObjects used by Paul Dick, who spent his life in a wheelchair after contracting polio at the age of 14. Paul Dick, who grew up on a farm in Claysburg, PA, contracted polio in September 1954, just as the first polio vaccine was being tested by Jonas Saulk. Two of his sibllings also contracted polio at the same time. He spent time in an iron lung in Altoona hospital, during which time he was completely paralyzed. After rehabilitation in Altoona and Warm Springs, GA, he was able to recover some movement, but would spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
Previous owner
E. Paul Dick
(died 2010)
Related institution
Stellantis North America
Terms
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2009-2014
1992-1998
1918
1953
1957
1994
c. 1995
1966
1961
