New Britain, Connecticut. A child care center, opened September 15, 1942, for thirty children, age two to five, of mothers engaged in war industry. The hours are 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. six days per week. For daily indoor play the children have dolls, blocks and climbing apparatus; they do clay work, painting, coloring, music and rhythmic exercise, and listening to stories
Summary
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Temp. note: owibatch4
Film copy on SIS roll 18, frame 667.
Tags
connecticut
hartford county
new britain
safety film negatives
lot 753
gordon parks
photo
child care center
thirty children
children
age two
war industry
six days
clay work
office of war information
farm security administration
united states history
child care
library of congress
Date
01/01/1943
Location
connecticut
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html