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book, baby

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  • Other Name

    New Zealand Better Babies book: Glenys Anne Gargan (descriptive name)

  • Description

    New Zealand Better Babies book - Plunket baby book

    This was Glenys Anne Gargan's baby book, kept by her mother Mrs Ada Gargan, 1945

    Paper booklet with colourful title page showing a baby on a pillow being carried skywards by a group of fairies with a map of New Zealand in the corner. The booklet includes forms and charts for the new mother to fill out, and the "firsts" of her baby. Staple bound.

    Various inscriptions throughout booklet.

  • Place
    Dunedin/Otago/New Zealand
  • Associated Place

    Auckland/New Zealand

  • Accession Number
    1999.155.89
  • Department

    History

    Social History

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