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ItemID
acwh024
IDEntry
2673
Creator
Text - Albert Feldstein, photograph - League for Crippled Children.
Collection Location
Allegany County, Maryland
Coverage
Allegany County, Maryland
Body
In 1926 a clinic for crippled children was established in Lonaconing at the request of Mrs. Ann B. Sloan with nearly 90 children attending the first clinic. A clinic was organized shortly afterwards in Cumberland.
In 1934 the Allegany County League for Crippled Children was formally founded and incorporated by Henrietta Schwarzenbach, R.N. and Miss Elizabeth McLaughlin. Since that time over 30,000 children have been examined in the free orthopedic, cerebral palsy, brace, and orofacial monthly clinics.
Notes
The image of Henrietta Schwarzenbach R.N., Executive Director of the League for Crippled Children, 1926 - 1937, was provided by the League for Crippled Children. More information is available at Allegany County League for Crippled Children.