Details - Public Health Image Library(PHIL)

ID#:

8534

Caption:

This historic photograph depicted a classroom full of young children who were drinking milk, while seated in a schoolroom. The 1922 setting, was the Ward School in Jackson, Minnesota. In the early twentieth century, public health practitioners emphasized the importance of unadulterated milk supplies, to lowering infant mortality, and to ensuring proper growth in children. This was one of a series of instructional images used by the Minnesota Board of Health used to train the state’s public health workers. The purpose of these images and the training was focused on protecting food supplies from bacterial contamination. The accompanying description also stated that the image was labeled as File plate no. 120.

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Content Provider(s):

CDC/ Minnesota Department of Health, R.N. Barr Library; Librarians Melissa Rethlefsen and Marie Jones

Creation Date:

1922

Photo Credit:

Links:

Minnesota Health Department
Minnesota Health Department; R.N. Barr Library

Categories:

CDC Organization