Portrait of a Nation's Heart

F. Irving Thompson

International News Photos

Terry Tullos, 3, Laurel, Miss., polio victim and 1948 'March of Dimes' poster boy, greets President Harry S. Truman with a heart-rending hug. The unstaged incident took place in Washington prior to launching of the $30,000,000 campaign. Thompson had but a fleeting moment to capture this 'Portrait of a Nation's Heart.'

F. Irving Thompson, "Portrait of a Nation's Heart," in POYi Archive, Item #450, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/450 (accessed January 31, 2025).