Childcare Collection

Interior of a house in Unalaska
Interior of an underground Aleut house in Unalaska, with women caring for children and weaving straw goods. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

First steps
A baby takes his first faltering steps while his nurse or nanny keeps close by. Date: 1925

Infant feeding and management, 1925
Front cover from a manual on infant feeding and management, produced by Allen and Hanbury s. Date: 1925

Two Zulu Mothers carrying their children, using hide slings across their backs - Southern Africa. Date: circa 1909

Creche for the children of munitions workers, WW1
Dinner time at a creche for the children of women munition workers at Birmingham. According to the caption in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News

A Babys Chair in Henan, China
An apparently popular practice in Henan, in which infants were placed in a bronze bowl while their mother was away. For the poor child in question escape is quite impossible! 1927

Childcare - Incubators for Newborn and Premature babies
Advertising postcard for a French company producing Incubators for newborn and prematurely born infants - exhibited at the Paris Exposition of 1900

How to Wrap Baby 1881
The right and wrong ways of wrapping a baby: the one on the right will restrict movement and impede limb development. Date: 1881

Smoking nursemaid or nanny with charge
A nursemaid, in charge of a toddler in a pram, sits and enjoys a smoke from a cigarette in a holder. Date: 1928

Sock darning by men, WW1
A middle-aged man employed in darning a sock and rocking a baby - a reversal of roles during the First World War. Date: 1917

Home for soldiers children, Lady Maud Barrett Home, WW1
The indoor playground at the home established by Lady Maud Barrett at Rustington, Sussex. The Lady Maud Barrett Home was founded for the purpose of looking after children whose fathers were at war

Advert Mellins fresh milk for babies
Mellins food, fresh cows milk food infants, medical opinion places the superiority of fresh milk over dried milk foods beyond all question. Date: 1916

Nannies with children in pushchairs
Two nannies with four children in pushchairs

Childrens Playroom - NYK Liner
Childrens Playroom aboard a ship of the Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line). Everything (available) to appeal to the young travellers Date: circa 1920s

The Mary Willett Excursionists Day Nursery, Southport, Merseyside - The Playground Date: circa 1905

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