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Postcards, Bureau of Child Hygiene Department of Health Buffalo

Object Details

Description
Set of 21 postcards printed in black on tan paper. On the front is the address of the Department of Health, Buffalo. On the reverse is a form with spaces for date, name, address, birth date, midwife name, and midwife address.. The postcards were found in the midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
date made
ca 1920
Credit Line
Gift from Joseph Badlotto in memory of Rosa Bonfante and her daughter Mary Bonfante Chirchirillo Badlotto
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall, each: 5 in x 3 in; 12.7 cm x 7.62 cm
overall: 12.75 cm x 7.75 cm x .75 cm; 5 1/32 in x 3 1/16 in x 9/32 in
Object Name
postcard, notification of sore eyes
postcard set, notification of sore eyes
postcard set
notification cards
midwife's kit
Bureau of Child Hygiene Department of Health Buffalo, back
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