1898 New York Foundling Hospital ~ Article, Photos

This is an original illustrated magazine article about the New York Foundling Hospital (also known as the New York Foundling Asylum of the Sisters of Charity) that has been carefully extracted from an 1898 issue of Metropolitan Magazine.

Photos include:

ï A general view of the Foundling Hospital
ï The meal hour of the little ones
ï A lesson in the mysteries of English spelling
ï One of the floating hospitals
ï The attending staff of a floating hospital
ï At their morning toilet

Title: New York's Motherhood of it Waifs by Margaret Baxter

Length (includes front & back): 4 pages

Approximate Page Size (in inches): 6 x 9

Condition: VG to excellent (the atticpaper watermark does not appear on the actual article)