Baby's Record
Baby Book
ca.1914 (published)
ca.1914 (published)
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Sixteen-page booklet, of portrait proportions, with covers, title page, six full-page colour illustrations and nine decorated recording pages, all designed by C M Burd. The full-page illustrations show a sleeping baby, a mother and child, a baby in a bath, a baby using a cup, a child peeping through the bars of its cot, and a child with a pet cat; the recording pages are for the birth details, weight, Christening, family (two pages), first tooth, mobility, early education and 'other events', and the user has also made a page of notes concerning food.
Object details
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| Title | Baby's Record (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour-printed card |
| Brief description | Baby book; United States, ca.1914 |
| Physical description | Sixteen-page booklet, of portrait proportions, with covers, title page, six full-page colour illustrations and nine decorated recording pages, all designed by C M Burd. The full-page illustrations show a sleeping baby, a mother and child, a baby in a bath, a baby using a cup, a child peeping through the bars of its cot, and a child with a pet cat; the recording pages are for the birth details, weight, Christening, family (two pages), first tooth, mobility, early education and 'other events', and the user has also made a page of notes concerning food. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
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| Object history | Given to the donor's mother, Margaret McQueen Grant-Govan (née Hamilton) before the birth of her first child, George ('Jinks') on 04/11/1914 (all the entries in the book relate to 'Jinks', but the birth of Enid [the donor] is recorded on the back cover). The book was distributed by T Mathias and Son of Putney, childrenswear retailers, and distributed free to their customers. |
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| Accession number | B.19-1993 |
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| Record created | April 19, 2000 |
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