HOME AND COMMUNITY HYGIENE (LIPPINCOTT'S HOME MANUALS)

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

HOME AND COMMUNITY HYGIENE (LIPPINCOTT'S HOME MANUALS)

Entry/Object ID

96.64.1.9

Description

HOME AND COMMUNITY HYGIENE (LIPPINCOTT'S HOME MANUALS) Book: "Home and Community Hygiene" by Jean Broadhurst (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1925), 444 pp. A hardcover book, without dustjacket, with a brown cover (a) and handwritten notes (b). The front cover shows a caduceus in a black circular border with the text in a squared border. There are tan vertical lines, as well. The spine has the caduceus and title and author text with black horizontal lines at the top and bottom. Contents are on hygiene issues for home, school, work, disease in food, water, air, sewage and refuse, and mental, military, and rural hygiene. There are photographs, maps, and charts. the handwritten notes appear to be from a biology book, but there is no identification as to its use. The condition of the book is good with minor cover wear and page discoloration and a stain on the front cover. The table of contents page is loose. The notes are in good condition with some discoloration. Stamped at the lower right of the inside front cover is, "JONES BOOK STORE/1220 J. St./SACRAMENTO." Undetermined writing in pencil that was erased is on the first two front blank pages.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Hygiene

Search Terms

Documentary Artifact, Books, J. B. Lippincott and Company

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Books