Infant Welfare Society of Chicago collection of visual materials
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- Created Date
- 1908-1970, bulk 1910-1949
- Description
Collection of views of activities of Chicago's IWS, a social service organization which resulted from a merger of the Milk Commission of Chicago and the Children's Hospital Society. Includes scenes at IWS stations with mothers and children being examined by health care staff. Photoprints and lantern slides show nurses visiting clients' homes and instructing parents, usually foreign born, regarding health, nutrition, and giving baths to babies. Al...
- Creator
Infant Welfare Society of Chicago. Woman's Auxiliary (creator)
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976
Infant Welfare Society of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
John H. Alschuler, Inc. (Chicago, Ill.)
Infant Welfare Society of Chicago. Child and Family Development Center
Lake Forest Dairy (Ill.)
African American
German American
Polish American
Italian-American (culture)
Charities (nonprofit organizations)
Infants
Children (people by age group)
Mothers
Women (female humans)
Health care functions
Home economics
Welfare services
Portraits
Streets - Location
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Type
- image
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Refer to the 'IPTC - Copyright Notice' field below each image in the above PDF for information on the copyright status.
- Chicago citation style
- Infant Welfare Society of Chicago. Woman's Auxiliary (creator). Infant Welfare Society of Chicago collection of visual materials. 1908-1970, bulk 1910-1949. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_pp/id/76. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Infant Welfare Society of Chicago. Woman's Auxiliary (creator), (1908-1970, bulk 1910-1949) Infant Welfare Society of Chicago collection of visual materials. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_pp/id/76
- MLA citation style
- Infant Welfare Society of Chicago. Woman's Auxiliary (creator). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_pp/id/76>.