This lantern slide shows a large group of children dressed in white and standing outside of the milk depot in Honolulu, Hawaii. A duplicate photograph exists - http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/4084
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Notes:
Dr. W. D. Baldwin proposed the construction of a milk depot here to the Medical Association in 1904. He’d been disturbed by a study attributing 44% of deaths before the age of five to “want of suitable and proper nourishment,” and he wanted to address the issue. After hearing Baldwin’s proposal, the Palama Settlement volunteered to undertake the project. The Palama Settlement is a nonprofit, community-based social service agency that was established in 1896. The Honolulu milk depot sold raw milk at a discounted price to parents with children under fifteen months. They also provided free informational literature and in-house educational visits. In six years, the infant mortality rate was at 27.3%, although this figure does not account for cause of death.
Text on border reads, "Milk Depot Honolulu."
