Perfect babies at University Settlement, corner of Eldridge and Rivington Sts., New York, N.Y. – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Perfect babies at University Settlement, corner of Eldridge and Rivington Sts., New York, N.Y., a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Perfect babies at University Settlement, corner of Eldridge and Rivington Sts., New York, N.Y.
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A baby contest held at the University Settlement, on the corner of Eldridge and Rivington Streets on the Lower East Side, gives this picture its particular setting. Founded in 1886, the settlement house offered neighborhood families classes, social services, and health programs, and infant contests that judged children on physical fitness were a popular Progressive-era way to draw mothers in and promote child welfare. The photograph was made by Underwood and Underwood, a commercial firm that produced many event pictures in these years. It shows how public health ideas of the time were staged for the camera as well as practiced in daily life.
| Created / published | c1913 July 11. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | J183687 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood and Underwood. No. U-15277. |
| Subjects | Mothers & children--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 925 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-159924 |
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