Growth & Development
Family Photo Album,Birthdays and Milestones,Mothers and Sons
[Cleveland, Ohio]: 1965. A family photo album created by a mother as a 20th birthday gift for her son, including eleven (11) photos of the young man growing up from infanthood to adulthood. The photos are captioned lovingly by the mother in red ink. Shows what appears to be a......
Price: $275.00
Gerber,Childhood Nutrition,Infant Care
Fremont, Michigan: Gerber Products Company, 1961. A small grouping of ephemera advertising the Gerber company to new mothers in 1961. Comprised of the following: one booklet of infant care advice ("Baby's Book"); one sign to hang on a nursery door ("Shhh! Baby's asleep"); a mail-in order for a Gerber brand.....
Price: $250.00
Parenting Education,Infant Growth and Development
New York, New York: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1930s. An informational pamphlet for new parents, offering advice for fostering healthy growth and development in infants. Uses an effective format: the tri-fold pamphlet, which opens in the middle, has two halves that show one mother using effective parenting techniques (daily bathing.....
Price: $125.00
photographs, babies, humor
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. unpaginated. Printed paper cover, black and white photographs throughout, multiple photographers. A collection of black and white humorous photographs of babies interspersed with question. A question is posed and the photograph to follow creates a funny depiction of what the baby may be thinking.....
Price: $22.00
Child Psychology,Growing Up,Parenting Education,Gender Roles in Childhood
Chicago, Illinois: Science Research Associates, Inc., 1950-1952. A collection of eighteen (18) booklets published for families between 1950 and 1952, offering advice on everything from helping siblings get along as young children to how to navigate the tricky teen years as parents. Penned by psychologists, each booklet addresses either parent.....
Price: $575.00
Baby Books, Childhood, Family Albums, WWI, Phoenix
[Phoenix, Arizona]: c.1917. The baby book of Amie (a.k.a. Amy) Lois Bivin (b.1917) a pictorial history with twenty (20) original photographs, a small 1917 calendar, and scraps of typewritten verse. The album itself was published as a bridal book, complete with a faux certificate of marriage, filled out in ink.....
Price: $150.00
Parenting Education,Blindness Prevention
New York, New York: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1940s. An informational booklet for parents on keeping children's eyes healthy, "prepared with the Cooperation" of the "National Society for the Prevention of Blindness". Offers basic information on how vision works, and how to diagnose and treat eye trouble. Includes information on.....
Price: $175.00
Growing Up,Chores,Parenting and Family,Incentive Based Learning
Hughes Specialties: Los Angeles, California, 1944. A charming 10-week merit chart for kids to use to track chores and tasks, including hundreds of stars to cut out and paste next to completed tasks. This example has been partially used and has been signed in pencil by a young girl named.....
Price: $100.00
Learning Through Play,Ding Dong School
Chicago, Illinois: Barry Products Company, 1953. A pocket guide to pipe cleaner art promoting the beloved children's television program "Ding Song School" with Miss Francis, as well as "Chenille Kraft" brand pipe cleaners. Includes instructions for crafts with diagrams for making cartoons, animals, monograms, holiday decorations, and party favors, as.....
Price: $150.00
Family Nutrition,Parenting Education,Early Childhood Nutrition
New York, New York: New York City Department of Health, 1943. A set of nine (9) educational leaflets on early childhood nutrition distributed by the New York City Department of Health in 1943. Includes four (4) pamphlets "for parents" in plain English, and five (5) pamphlets "for staff", i.e. healthcare.....
Price: $225.00
Infant Care,Parenthood Education
N.pl: Johnson & Johnson, 1958. A Spanish-language guide to infant for new parents published by Johnson & Johnson in 1958. Includes charming color illustrations and diagrams throughout, and covers the following subjects: the importance of nutrition and doctor visits for mother; organizing a baby's layette; birth; breast feeding; burping; first.....
Price: $225.00
Juvenile Delinquency,Pedagogy,Academic Studies
Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press, 1941. A compilation of academic inquiries in juvenile delinquency and schools, published for the National Society for the Study of Education. Includes thirteen case studies, articles, and reports by professionals working in the field and researchers of juvenile delinquency. Sample titles include: What.....
Price: $150.00
Parenting,Child Development,Physical Conditioning and Exercise,Silhouette Illustration
Washington, D.C. U.S. Department of Labor Children's Bureau, 1935. A government-issued pamphlet instructing American parents in how to improve posture in toddlers and young children. Seen as a sign of "good body mechanics", posture would have been taught as an essential component to good health on par with exercise and.....
Price: $150.00
Parenting Education,Adolescence,The Teenage Years,Sex Education,Understanding Your Teen
Washington, D.C. Children's Bureau of the Social Security Administration, 1946. Revised edition, published by the Children's Bureau of the Social Security Administration, of an educational booklet for American parents and families, guiding them through the turbulent teen years. Includes sections introducing adolescence, physical growth and changes, sex education, mental development.....
Price: $175.00
Infant Care,Parenting Education,Child Growth and Psychology,Public Health
United States and Canada: 1951-1965. A collection of twelve (12) items relating to infant care and parenting education, published in the United States and Canada between 1951 and c.1965. Published by both public health departments and infant food manufacturers to market their products, these guides aim to educate parents in.....
Price: $1,200.00
Homemade Christmas Gifts,Coupon Book,Made by a Child,Consumerism in the Household
United States: 1970s? A charming homemade Christmas gift coupon book made by a child for his or her parent (most likely mother). It is a homemade booklet made from paper with a green construction paper stapled binding. Measures approx. 9" by 6" with approx. 11 leaves of coupons written in.....
Price: $150.00
Psychology, Psychological Experiments, Psychology and Pedagogy
New York and Chicago: Henry Holt and Company, c.1908. Housed in the original printed envelope, this item is comprised of thirty-nine (39) individual slips of colored paper produced to be used in conjunction with Carl E. and Robert Holmes Seashore's "Elementary Experiments in Psychology" (Henry Holt, 1908). The book contains.....
Price: $150.00
Learning Through Play,Modeling Clay
N.pl: Milton Bradley Company, [1953]. Printed advertising leaflet for modeling clay sold by the Milton Bradley Company, produced to help children express themselves creatively and learn through play. Includes illustrations of the different figures children can make, and images of three different modeling clay products, with directions for use. Includes.....
Price: $125.00
Baby Book
Westfield, Massachusetts: The First National Bank, 1986. A printed baby book published by The First National Bank of Westfield, Massachusetts, marketing itself to American families. This copy has not been used. There are color illustrations of babies and flowers throughout, alongside blank spaces to record the following information: details of.....
Price: $85.00
Sex Education,Child Development,Parenting Education
Chicago, Illinois: American Medical Association, 1955. A guide to "the talk" and sex education for parents, published by the American Medical Association. Asserts sex education is the "parents' privilege" and a family and home matter, rather than something to be taught in schools. Encourages parents to begin early with age-appropriate.....
Price: $175.00
Child Psychology,Child Development,Parenthood,Milestones
[Columbus, Ohio]: Ross Laboratories, 1959. A detailed guide for new parents offering insight into child development and psychology. The booklet marks expected milestones, sometimes down to the week, between the baby's birth and the twenty-four month mark, giving a view into how an infant grows into a toddler. Covers physical.....
Price: $225.00
Child Development
L. J. Bullard Co., 1949. A 10.5" by 7.5" box style folio with 37 Play Time booklets. The reverse of the box indicates the series was designed for young children to learn by doing - nursery through primary grades. This is followed by contributors and artists and a list of.....
Price: $275.00
Reading and Literacy,Early Learning,Pedagogy
Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. Revised teacher's edition of a children's reading workbook, published in 1957 by Houghton Mifflin. Each page in this edition is broken into four clear parts for the teacher: a stated lesson purpose; a preparation exercise; directions for getting pupils started on the workbook exercise;.....
Price: $175.00
Diphtheria,Childhood Diseases,Vaccination and Immunization,Public Health
Boston, Massachusetts: John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1932. A booklet promoting the Diphtheria vaccine to American parents: "You have the power to protect your children from diphtheria. Take no chances ... If all parents will cooperate with physicians and health workers, we can do away with this deadly menace".....
Price: $125.00