title: Teenage Boys Helping with Polio Drive date: 1955 language: English description: Photograph of young men handing polio drive balloons to passing motorists in Abilene, TX. They are at an intersection going from car to car. All the balloons read, "POLIO FIGHTER." On both sides of the street are businesses of downtown Abilene. subject: Education - Colleges and Universities - Hardin-Simmons University subject: volunteers subject: polio subject: viruses subject: balloons subject: Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Motorcycles subject: Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Automobiles subject: Business, Economics and Finance - Stores - Pharmacies subject: charities coverage: United States - Texas - Taylor County - Abilene coverage: Into Modern Times, 1939-Present coverage: 1955 type: Photograph format: 1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 4 x 5 in. format: Image identifier: local-cont-no: 96-09504-124_02 identifier: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth59741/ identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metapth59741