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Description
School children at Casco Street School learn about dental hygiene through a class room exercise. During the period, there was a focus on oral hygiene for school age children. The Cumberland County Public Health Association conducted dental visits to outlying areas, and held a children's nutrition camp in 1925.
About This Item
- Title: Dental instruction at Casco Street School, Portland, ca. 1922
- Creation Date: circa 1922
- Subject Date: circa 1922
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 8.3 cm x 10.8 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, 2005.061.5845
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Casco Street School (Portland, Me.)
- Dental education
- Dental hygiene
- Health education--Maine--Portland
- School children--Maine--Portland
- Teeth
- Toothbrushes
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