| Catalog date |
07/21/2008 |
| Category |
8: Communication Artifact |
| Classification |
Children
Hospitals |
| Collection |
General Collection |
| Description |
Twelve black & white photos of children recovering from polio and nursed in 1938 and 1839 and a black & white postcard of a building on Cat Island also known as Children's Island
Photo
A.Two nurses Caption: Eleanor Sterns Whittemore on left, Childrens Island 1938-1939, Salem MA off Marblehead
B. A young girl with pig tails and two missing teeth. No caption
C. A nurse and eight young girls on a porch. No caption
D. Two girls looking over a rail, one with crutches. No caption
E. Four girls on a railing, two with leg braces. No caption
F. Two girls looking over a rail smiling. No caption
G. Four girls on a porch, on girl has an arm brace. No caption
H. Four girls on a porch. No caption
I. Four girls on a porch, one with two leg braces and two crutches. No caption
J. A nurse with buildings in background. Caption: Eleanor Sterns Whittemore 1938/1939 Childrens Island 1938-1939, Salem MA off Marblehead
K . Two nurses and 14 small children on a porch. Most of the children are boys. Caption: Cat Island off Marblehead.
L. Two nurses and twenty girls, some with leg braces on a porch. Caption: Eleanor Sterns Whittemore on left summer1938/1939 Cat Island off Marblehead.
M. A black & White photo postcard of an L shaped building with a woman on the steps opening a door. An insert in the upper left shows a nurse looking at three children in a sand pile. Caption: Cat Island off Marblehead MA 1938-1939
N, O, P and Q are letters showing the provenance of the photos. |
| Home Location |
HF Box 18X13 Bravo Shelf#1 |
| Object ID |
2008-036-00147A-Q |
| Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
| People |
Whittemore, Eleanor Sterns |
| Search Terms |
Children's Island |
| Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
| Subjects |
Islands
Hospitals
Children
Children & adults
Children playing
Children playing in sand
Children playing outdoors
Children's Island |
| Title |
Cat Island off Marblehead & Children's Island off Marblehead 1938-1939 |
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