Introduction

In April of 1916 the North Carolina Board of Health held a “Baby Week Exhibit ” in Cliffside. Booths were set up in different buildings in town, where young mothers and mothers-to-be were taught the essentials of bearing and raising children. Doctors, nurses, dieticians, other pediatric specialists and probably local volunteers were on hand to impart and demonstrate the fine points of motherhood.

This event might have been lost to history had not Don Bailey, who lives near Brevard, done an online search for “Cliffside” in the N. C. State Archives web site. The search turned up brief descriptions of several photos in the “Cliffside, Rutherford County, N. C.” category. Don drove to Raleigh to view them, and, sensing they were historically important, had prints made from the negatives. We're grateful to Don for his contribution.

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