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- Title
- Babies' Pure Milk Station
- Description
- Form 10,000 5-11, 8-11, a blank form printed in English for recording individualized milk formulas for infants receiving aid from the New York Milk Committee's Babies' Pure Milk Stations. Ingredients to be used include milk top; whole milk; lime water; milk sugar; boiled water; barley water; and oatmeal water. Space for the prescription of formula and for the establishment of a feeding schedule is also provided.
- Subjects (LC)
- Milk, Infants, Bottle feeding
- ID
- mk1e017
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- Babies' Pure Milk Station (Yiddish)
- Description
- A blank form printed in Yiddish for recording individualized milk formulas for infants receiving aid from the New York Milk Committee's Babies' Pure Milk Stations. Ingredients to be used include milk top; whole milk; lime water; milk sugar; boiled water; barley water; and oatmeal water. Space for the prescription of formula and for the establishment of a feeding schedule is also provided.
- Subjects (LC)
- Milk, Food, Infants
- ID
- mk1e019
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- Stazione di latte pei bambini
- Description
- A blank form printed in Italian for recording individualized milk formulas for infants receiving aid from the New York Milk Committee's Babies' Pure Milk Stations. Ingredients to be used include milk top; whole milk; lime water; milk sugar; boiled water; barley water; and oatmeal water. Space for the prescription of formula and for the establishment of a feeding schedule is also provided.
- Subjects (LC)
- Milk, Infants, Bottle feeding
- ID
- mk1e018
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- Eligible Baby
- Description
- New York Milk Committee form L-9-11-11-5000, a blank card for recording details about a single infant and family to whom milk assistance was delivered. Of primary concern is the infant's milk and food consumption, source of the milk provided, and periodic updates on the infant's status.
- Subjects (LC)
- Milk, Infants, Nutrition
- ID
- mk1e022
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- Institutional Case
- Description
- New York Milk Committee form C. 6-1-11-2000, a blank form for recording details of an institutional case in which an infant is reciveiving milk assistance at a health care facility or through a foster home.
- Subjects (LC)
- Milk, Infants, Food relief
- ID
- mk1e023
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- Diet for Child from 12th to 18th Month
- Description
- New York Milk Committee information card describing the recommended diet for a child aged 12 to 18 months. The card provides alternative menus for the infant's first meal of the day, mid-morning snack, noon, afternoon, and evening meals, most of which call for, in part, the consumption of milk. Total milk intake over a twenty-four hour period is recommended to be between 1 and 1.25 quarts.
- Subjects (LC)
- Infants, Nutrition, Food, Menus
- ID
- mk1e030
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- Information Card: Babies' Pure Milk and Health Stations
- Description
- An address list of milk stations, education centers and well-baby clinics run by the New York Milk Committee, organized by borough and district. These include Nathan Straus Pasteurized Milk Laboratories, the New York Diet Kitchen Association, and the Department of Health in Manhattan; the Children's Aid Society and Department of Health in Brooklyn; and the New York Diet Kitchen Association in the Bronx. Information describing the kind of milk (certified, pasteurized, sterilized etc.) available at each facility is also included.
- Subjects (LC)
- Infants, Milk, Health facilities
- ID
- mk1e034
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- Diet for Child from 18th to 24th Month
- Description
- New York Milk Committee information card describing the recommended diet for a child aged 18 to 24 months. The card provides alternative menus for the infant's breakfast, mid-morning snack, dinner, and supper, most of which call for, in part, the consumption of milk. Total milk intake over a twenty-four hour period is recommended to be 1.5 quarts.
- Subjects (LC)
- Infants, Nutrition, Food, Menus
- ID
- mk1e031
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- Milk and Human Kindness
- Description
- This New York Milk Committee leaflet depicts a baby drinking milk from a bottle and advises parents to "keep baby well by keeping the milk clean, covered, and cold." The leaflet encourages the substitution of foods necessary for the war effort with dairy products. The back page includes portraits of 18 healthy babies and reminds parents that "The Nation That Has The Babies Has The Future...Save Them and Nourish Them Well." The front image was provided by the New York Evening Journal.
- Subjects (LC)
- Milk, Infants, War--Economic aspects
- ID
- mk1e044m001
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- Saving Through Education: Will You Reprint This?
- Description
- A double-sided postcard promoting healty diets for inants and children aged 18 months to three years, including sample breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus. The abilities of science and common sense to reduce infant mortality are also touted. On the back, photos depicting a plump, healthy baby and a guant, distressed baby are contrasted. "A Story" accompanies the images, as does the New York Milk Committee's address, where care givers can find more information to "make mother knowing."
- Subjects (LC)
- Infants, Nutrition, Food, Menus, Poetry
- ID
- mk1e015
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- The House with the Blue Front: Babies' Pure Milk Stations
- Description
- A four-sided circular containing the reprinted text of the article, "The House With the Blue Front," published by the New York Times on Sunday, May 14, 1911. The article highlights and justifies the educational outreach program instituted by the New York Milk Committee as a facet of their fight against infant mortality. This program includes maternal education programs conducted both at milk stations and in the home by visiting nurses. Photographs illustrating these "consultation classes" accompany the text.
- Subjects (LC)
- Milk depots, Infants, Mothers, Education
- ID
- mk1e016
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- Special Bulletin
- Description
- A report containing errata to previously published reports of the New York Milk Committee. Included are tables of corrected infant mortality data for the cities of Indianapolis, Passaic, and Perth Amboy between 1906 and 1916. On the back, quotes from the Health Officer of each city add further context to the errors.
- Subjects (LC)
- Infants, Mortality, Statistics, Cities and towns
- ID
- mk1e045
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- Accomplishments: January-July, 1912
- Description
- A four page brochure of New York Milk Committee progress reports detailing accomplishments achieved in the first six months of 1912. The brochure's cover is adorned with a photo montage of healthy infants, while the back extol's the Committee's work during its first year of activity.
- Subjects (LC)
- Progress, Milk, Standardization, Education, Infants
- ID
- nk1e046
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- Milk: What Milk to Buy and How to Care for it in the Home
- Description
- Photographs of healthy, well-nourished infants and young children adorn this educational circular produced by the New York Milk Commitee. Aimed at parents and caretakers, the circular contains guidelines for the purchase, storage, and preparation of milk as part of a child's healthy diet.
- Subjects (LC)
- Milk, Infants, Children, Nutrition, Bottle feeding
- ID
- mk1e042
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- Milk: Its Value to the Home, Its Care in the Home
- Description
- An eight-page pamphlet (a single sheet folded into eight pages) produced by the New York Milk Committee, emphasizing milk's importance as a "family food." Images of healthy children, cows in verdant fields, and milk surrounded by produce reinforce the central message of milk's vital role in maintaining and promoting children's health. Nutritional comparisons between milk and other foods are provided, as are instructions for the proper selection, storage, and use of milk. Members of the Milk Committee's Standing Committee on Milk Consumers are listed at the top of the last page.
- Subjects (LC)
- Milk, Infants, Nutrition, Education, Child rearing
- ID
- mk1e043
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- A 6% Dividend Paid in 1912
- Description
- A single sheet folded leaflet stating that "8,643 children under 5 years of age" were saved in 1912 thanks to a 6 percent reduction in the infant mortality rate from 1911. This "6% dividend" was paid as a result of the increased availablity of clean milk provided by the New York Milk Committee. The inside provides a bar graph displaying the continously falling infant mortality rate from 1901 to 1905, and asks the reader to consider what the record for 1913 will be if this trend can be continued.
- Subjects (LC)
- Infants, Mortality, Milk hygiene, Nutrition, Statistics
- ID
- mk1e003
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- How Many Babies Did Die? (2)
- Description
- A double-sided postcard commending the efforts of Montclair, New Jersey to reduce the number of infants succumbing to diarrheal disease during the hot spell of July 1911. What the mortality rate could have been in other cities, had they followed Montclair's example, is explored. On the back, parents are urged to dress their children for comfort, not looks, during hot summer months.
- Subjects (LC)
- Child rearing, Infants' clothing, Children's clothing, Infants, Mortality, Nutrition, Statistics, Milk, Milk, Milk hygiene
- ID
- mk1e014m002
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- Out of Town
- Description
- Within this folded circular produced by the New York Milk Committee is a sentimental poem contrasting the summer holidays of wealthy city dwellers with the fate of working-class infants struck down by disease. Opposing phtographs of healthy children, poor children, country life, and city life emphasize the poem's theme. The back side of the circular lists milk stations where city parents can find care and relief for their children.
- Subjects (LC)
- Milk, Infants, Mothers, Summer, Death, Poetry, Funeral processions, Mortality, Mortality
- ID
- mk1e001
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills
- Description
- Trade card advertising Morse's Indian Root Pills featuring a toddler crawling on the floor towards a collie. Behind the two is a cat peeking through a door at them from another room. The back has text explaining the benefits of Morse's Indian Root Pills.
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Babies, Cats, Dogs, Domestic Space, Infants
- ID
- WH308
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- The Baby and the Budget
- Description
- Headlines from the New York Evening Post, the New York Tribune, and the NY Times are reproduced on this 1911 postcard created by the New York Milk Committee. They read: "The Baby and the Budget," "Why More Doctors, Nurses, and Inspectors Are Needed," and "The 'Cops' Spread the News." That "News" is the promotion of the work of milk stations in preventing infant deaths and advocacy for the full budgetary allocation by the NYC Department of Health towards the summer time reduction of infant mortality. A portrait of a healthy baby and a list of "Babies' Rights,"almost all of which deal with milk, are found on the postcard verso.
- Subjects (LC)
- Milk, Milk hygiene, Infants, Nutrition, Public welfare, Administrative agencies
- ID
- mk1e012
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection