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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.
“Evictions. Winter of 1932–1933. Frequent occurrences.”
During the Great Depression, many workers lost their jobs. Most immigrant families had few resources and could not make ends meet.
In 1930, a regular nurse visit cost $1.15 but could be “adapted to the means of the patient” so that patients in difficult financial conditions could still call upon nurses to provide care.
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