Hector Vincent “Heck Harper” Flateau (1919 – 1998)
Hector Vincent “Heck Harper” Flateau (1919 – 1998)
On February 23, 1954, a group of children from Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, receive the first injections of
the new polio vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Salk.
Thanks to the vaccine, by the 21st century polio cases were reduced
by 99 percent worldwide.
Jonas Edward Salk
(October 28, 1914 – June 23, 1995)
Walt Disney’s Magazine (formerly as Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse
Club Magazine) was a magazine that was launched in late 1955
and produced by Disney Studio staff members and published by
Western Printing in New York.
Originally designed to promote The Mickey Mouse Club, the focus
shifted to Disney productions in general by the middle of the
second volume, when the name was changed. The first volume
was issued quarterly, the remaining three volumes bimonthly.
For the last volume, the physical size of the magazine was reduced
about 10%, while the number of pages increased slightly and better quality paper was used.
In 1962, Disney bought out Western Printing’s interest in all of its
Disney related items, including this magazine, which had ceased publishing several years earlier.
Howdy Doody is a children’s television show broadcast on
the NBC television network from December 27, 1947, until
September 24, 1960.
It was a pioneer of children’s programming and set the
pattern for many similar shows.
Buffalo Bob Smith, Howdy Doody and Clarabell the clown,
originally played by Bob Keeshan, who went on to create
the children’s TV character Captain Kangaroo.
1950s
Myrtle Fillmore began Wee Wisdom® magazine, which taught
and entertained children for 98 years with stories, poems,
games, and beautiful artwork.
Although the magazine ceased publication in 1991, adults
throughout the country remember it with great fondness.
Mary Caroline "Myrtle" Page Fillmore
(August 6, 1845 – October 6, 1931)
Myrtle was co-founder of Unity, a church
within the New Thought Christian
movement.