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Highway To Health

Panic erupted in the summer of 1916, when a polio outbreak in Brooklyn made towns in Connecticut shut their doors to auto-touring families unless they presented certificates of health.” Welcome to This Day In Polio History as Allan Appel and Jason Bischoff-Wurstle of the New Haven Museum revisit what happened.

Listen to WNHH radio’s This Day In New Haven History” by clicking above or downloading the file.

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