Baby Care Manual

Publication

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Wrangell Museum

Name/Title

Baby Care Manual

Entry/Object ID

1999.022.006

Description

Baby care manual, published by the Parents' Institute, Inc. in 1942. The booklet is an offshoot of Parent's Magazine, 66 pages, and is filled with tips and information to help new parents with their babies. The booklet also provides pages containing charts for recording height, weight, developmental milestones, health records, etc. Children, infant. Physical Description: The cover is pink and blue, and has an illustration of a baby in a bonnet, with the text above reading "BABY CARE MANUAL/ WITH RECORD CHARTS FOR YOUR CHILD'S FIRST YEAR". One page partially filled out inside with birth records, including "Date of birth: May 15th 1942, Hour of birth: 3:30 am, Born at: St. Ignatius Hospital, City: Colfax, State: Wash, Name of physician: James. Booklet is held together by two staples, and the upper left corner has a hole punched through all pages, with a blue cord tied through it. Very good condition.