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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.
“Mrs. Knox, Miss Weaver, Miss Gruschow, Mrs. Smyth, Mrs. Trumper, Miss Jeffrey, Miss Pearson, Miss Etkin”
Nurses who worked for the Henry Street Visiting Nurse Service made house calls year-round, in sun, rain, and snow.
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