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Title: A Letter to Expectant Mothers
Description: Illustrated with the image of a mother embracing her infant beside a changing table, this New York Milk Committee circular aims at promoting prenatal care. Inside the circular a letter to the expectant mother advises on the health of both mother and unborn child and provides a list of NYC hospitals and clinics providing maternity care. On the back, a list of pure milk and health clinics in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx is provided.
Subjects (LC): Milk, Infants, Pregnancy, Health, Maternal and infant welfare, Mothers, Prenatal care
ID: mk1e035
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: A Letter to Expectant Mothers [Yiddish]
Description: A Yiddish language circular of the New York Milk Committee, illustrated with the image of a mother embracing her infant beside a changing table and aimed at promoting prenatal care. Inside the circular a letter to the expectant mother advises on the health of both mother and unborn child and provides a list of NYC hospitals and clinics providing maternity care. On the back, a list of pure milk and health clinics in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx is provided.
Subjects (LC): Milk, Infants, Pregnancy, Health, Maternal and infant welfare, Mothers, Prenatal care
ID: mk1e036m001
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: 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: Case History Card: Conditions Previous to Admittance
Description: New York Milk Committee form H-8-29-11-5000, a blank card for recording data about an infant's health and health history, housing situation, and nationality. Additionally, an area for the recording of economic information about the infant's parents is also provided.
Subjects (LC): Infants, Families, Maternal and infant welfare, Health
ID: mk1e027
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: 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: Dirt in Loose Milk Shops
Description: This postcard produced by the New York Milk Committe's Committee for the Reduction of Infant Mortality reprints a July 26, 1911 NY Evening Post article entitled, "Dirt in Loose-Milk Shops." The article recounts the findings of the Committee's investigations, in coordination with the New York City Department of Health, into the bacterial contamination of milk sold in bulk. On the postcard verso a photo of sickly baby fed on contaminated milk is contrasted with the photo of a healthy baby under the question,"Is It Worth the Difference?"
Subjects (LC): Milk, Food adulteration and inspection, Infants, Milk hygiene, Food contamination, Food spoilage
ID: mk1e013
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: 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: Expectant Mother
Description: Blank form for use by the Committee for the Reduction of Infant Mortality, a division of the New York Milk Committee, on which the personal and physical details of an expectant mother -- work situation, information about previous pregnancies, miscarriages, and infant feeding methods -- is recorded.
Subjects (LC): Infants, Pregnancy, Pregnant women, Maternal and infant welfare, Health, Childbirth, Breastfeeding, Bottle feeding, Bottle feeding
ID: mk1e025
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: Fate attenzione alle facciate azzurre delle: Stazioni di Latte Puro per Bambini
Description: This New York Milk Comittee circular, written in Italian, contrasts the photo of an emaciated baby with the photo of a healthy baby to encourage caregivers to provide their infants with "good milk" and "good care." Free advice from nurses and doctors is also advertised.
Subjects (LC): Infants, Milk, Health, Maternal and infant welfare
ID: mk1e039
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: Hledejte vždy Modré Průčelí: Čisté mléko pro děti stanice
Description: This New York Milk Comittee circular, written in Czech, contrasts the photo of an emaciated baby with the photo of a healthy baby to encourage caregivers to provide their infants with "good milk" and "good care." Free advice from nurses and doctors is also advertised.
Subjects (LC): Infants, Milk, Health, Maternal and infant welfare
ID: mk1e038m001
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: 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: Look for the Blue Fronts: Babies' Pure Milk Stations
Description: This New York Milk Comittee circular contrasts the photo of an emaciated baby with the photo of a healthy baby to encourage caregivers to provide their infants with "good milk" and "good care." Free advice from nurses and doctors is also advertised. The stamp of the New York Milk commitee is present at the top of the card.
Subjects (LC): Infants, Milk, Health, Maternal and infant welfare
ID: mk1e037
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: Look for the Blue Fronts: Babies' Pure Milk Stations [Yiddish]
Description: This New York Milk Comittee circular, written in Yiddish, contrasts the photo of an emaciated baby with the photo of a healthy baby to encourage caregivers to provide their infants with "good milk" and "good care." Free advice from nurses and doctors is also advertised.
Subjects (LC): Infants, Milk, Health, Maternal and infant welfare
ID: mk1e040
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: 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

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