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Mr. Elbridge T. Gerry

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Founder of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

Native East African Mother and Infant

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(Courtesy of Museum of Natural History, New York)

A Well-Cared for Eskimo Infant

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(Courtesy of Museum of Natural History, New York)

Family Life among Birds. Group of American Egret 20
(Courtesy of Museum of Natural History, New York)

A Family of Anthropoid Apes, from a Drawing by Dan Beard

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(Courtesy of Museum of Natural History, New York)

Family of Polar Bears

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(Courtesy of Museum of Natural History, New York)

Primitive Family Life among the Hopi Indians

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(Courtesy of the Museum of Natural History, New York)

A Hindu Child-Mother, whose Cares will Make her Old at Thirty

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Zulu Girl with Baby. The Practice of Exposure Ended among the Zulus only within the Present Generation

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Special Repository for Bodies of Neglected Babies, China

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(Reproduced from “China in Decay”)

An Overburdened Chinese Child Carrying more than his Weight in Tea

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(Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, N. Y.)

“Little Mothers”—the One Five, the Other Eight, Years Old—China

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Tsuchi-Ningio. Clay Figure Substituted for Human Sacrifice—Japan

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(Reproduced from “Transactions and Proceedings of the Japan Society,” Volume I)

Crock Containing Remains of Sacrificed Child. Unearthed at Tell Ta’Annek

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(Reproduced from “Life in Ancient Egypt”)

A Pomeioc Chieftain’s Wife and Child

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(From the Original Water-Colour Drawing in the British Museum by John White, Governor of Virginia in 1587)

Eskimo Mother Carrying Infant in her Hood

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(From the Original Water-Colour Drawing in the British Museum by John White, Governor of Virginia in 1587)

Isis in the Papyrus Swamps, Suckling Horus

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(Reproduced from “The Gods of the Egyptians, or Studies in Egyptian Mythology”)

Group of M’ayptah, the Priest of Ptah, with his Family

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(Reproduced from “Life in Ancient Egypt”)

Letter of Illarion, an Egyptian Labourer, to Alis, His Wife. Papyrus Written at Alexandria, 17 June, 1 b.c.

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(Reproduced from “Light from the Ancient East”)

Florida Women Sacrificing their First-Born Children

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(From an Old Print)

The Incas Offering a Human Sacrifice to their Chief

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(From “Moeurs des Sauvages AmÉriquains,” by P. Lafitau, Paris, 1724)

American Savages Substituting an Animal for a Human Sacrifice

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(From “Moeurs des Sauvages AmÉriquains,” by P. Lafitau, Paris, 1724)

Musical Instruments Found in a Child’s Grave, at Tell Ta’Annek

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(Reproduced from “Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaft”)

Abraham and Isaac

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(From a Painting by J. S. Copley, R. A.)

A Notable Case of Abandonment—the Finding of Moses

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(After Painting by Schopin)

Blind Boys at Drill in “The Light House,” New York City

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The Finding of Romulus and Remus

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(From an Old Print)

Antoninus Pius, Consecrator of the World’s First Protective Foundation Benefit for Girls

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Constantine the Great, Emperor-Protector of the Roman Child

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The Sacrificing of Living Infants to the God Moloch

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Suffer the Little Children to Come unto Me

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(After Overbeck)

The Holy Family

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(After Rubens)

(Reproduced by Permission of Museum of Art, New York)

Evening Recreation Centre for Boys, New York City

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Meeting of an “Evening Centre,” New York City

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Filling Christmas Baskets for Poor Children—Mothers’ Helping-Hand Club, New York City

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Saint Vincent de Paul, Founder of the First Permanent Asylum for Children in France

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A Healthy Pair of Indian Children, Western Canada

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Infant Toilers in a Silk Mill, Syria

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(Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, N. Y.)

Children of Two Families—As the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Found them

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The Same Families—After Attention from the Society

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Henry Bergh

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The “Inspiration” of Henry Bergh on which the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was Organized

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The Juvenile Court, New York City; Justice Wyatt on the Bench

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History of the Child


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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