Publications, advertising trading cards, volvelle (color wheels), and posters about Mothers and Children (Addition 11) 2023-0119, 1857-1967

This addition 11 of MSS 16758, The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building, contains publications, metamorphic trading cards, volvelle (color wheels), and posters. Topics include motherhood, instructional materials on children's behaviour, toilet training, adolescent health, soil conservation for children, and a book about the the education for blind children.

Folder 1 contains folded out (metamorphic) advertisements for children's clothing by Davidson Brothers, Solar Tip Shoes, E. G. Burrows, J. H. Baldwin & Company patent table tray, and children's knee elastic protectors (to protect clothes)

Folder 2 contains pamphlets "Training the Baby" published in 1931, 1952, and 1957.

Folder 3 contains five illustrated posters with instructions for children on cleaning and bathing themselves.

Folder 4 contains pamphlets for expectant mothers on how to care for their infants: "The Modern Baby", "Quiet, Baby Is Sleeping", "the 14 Days that can seem like a lifetime!", "Preparing Baby's Formula", "Keeping Baby Clean", "Modern Evenflo Nursers"

Folder 5 contains pamphlets from the Lysol Family Library, "The Scientific Side of Health and Youth", "When Baby Comes", and "Preventing the Spread of Common Diseases"

Folder 6 contains three color wheels

Folder 7 contains a pledge card for teenagers to abstain from alcoholic drinks and a card that outlines safety guidelines "Code for survival"

Folder 8 Publications: "Let's Save Soil with Sam and Sue", "For Bigger Boys and Girls", "Facts about the Education of Blind Children", "Understanding Your Teenager"