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Nurses working for the Henry Street Visiting Nurse Service in New York City took these snapshots, which show their lives and the lives of the families they cared for in the 1930s.

10 White females, 8 in nurse uniforms with cuffs and collars, neck ties, and 2 in dress suits.

“Gun Hill Center, the staff”

The Henry Street Visiting Nurse Service served communities throughout New York City, including Gun Hill neighborhood in the Bronx.

Courtesy U.S. National Library of Medicine