Original 1947 AP Wire Photo measuring approximately 6⅛ x 8⅜ inches. The original AP caption is printed directly on the front of the photograph. This image shows twelve-year-old Sally Ann O'Leary of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, departing an airliner at New York's LaGuardia Field after returning from a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Lourdes in France. The accompanying AP caption notes that she had been crippled since birth and had traveled to the famed Catholic pilgrimage site. From the archive of a Pittsburgh-area newspaper with expected editorial handling and age-related wear. Please see photos.
