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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.

Pond with three-story shingled home and warehouse building in background.

“Pond in front of Thomas’ [house]”

The Gun Hill Center Visiting Nurses cared for the Thomas family.

Courtesy U.S. National Library of Medicine