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This historic photograph depicted children parading around a maypole, in observance of Child Health Day, in the state of Montana. The original image was scanned from a glass lantern slide donated by the Minnesota Department of Health, and is one of a historical collection of documents and photographs devoted to observances of Child Health Day in the United States. Starting May 1, 1924, May Day was designated Child Health Day in the United States, and its territories. Awareness of child health in America was stimulated, by the plight of refugee children during World War One (1914-1918). The American Child Health Association, which started the observance, was founded in 1923, when the Child Health Organization and the American Child Hygiene Association merged.
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Content Providers(s): CDC/ Minnesota Department of Health, R.N. Barr Library; Librarians Melissa Rethlefsen and Marie Jones
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Links: Minnesota Health Department
Minnesota Health Department; R.N. Barr Library
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Copyright Restrictions: None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions.