1923 brochure

NOTE: Due to the discovered effects of lead poisoning by the Consumer
Product Safety Commission, laws banning the use of lead house paint
were not passed until 1971, when a phase out began. The Chemical’s
use was not fully banned until 1978. 

 
William Shatner

Rescue 911 is an informational reality–based CBS television series that premiered
on Tuesday, April 18, 1989 and ended on Tuesday, August 27, 1996. It was hosted
by William Shatner and featured reenactments along with occasional real footage of 
emergency situations that often involved calls to 9-1-1.

1946

One of only a few known photographs of Roosevelt in a wheelchair

Franklin D. Roosevelt‘s paralytic illness began at age 39, when he got a fever after exercising heavily during a vacation in Canada. He went sailing on the Bay of Fundy
with his three oldest children, put out a fire, jogged across Campobello Island, and
swam in Lake Glen Severn and the Bay. While his bout with the illness was well
known, it was kept from public view.

1903