Contributed by Mantor Library at UMF
Description
By the late 1950s, the Cottage baby tradition was changing. The days of Senior Home Ec students caring for an infant living in the cottage were soon replaced by "day babies." An infant son or daughter of one of the school's employees or from a local family would be delivered to the school in the morning to be cared for by the students until the child was collected by the parent and taken home for the night.
This is a photo of students with the Cottage Baby, Brent, taken in 1959. He was one of the last true "Cottage babies" at the school.
About This Item
- Title: Cottage baby Brent with students, Farmington State Teachers College, 1959
- Creation Date: 1959
- Subject Date: 1959
- Location: Farmington, Franklin County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 9 cm x 9 cm
- Local Code: Home Economics Photo Album, 1950s
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- College students--Maine--Farmington
- Farmington State Teachers College (Me.)
- Orphans--Maine
- Farmington State Normal School (Me.)
- University of Maine Farmington--History
- Home economics--Maine--Farmington
- Infants--Maine--Farmington
Other Keywords
- college
- Cottage Baby
- education
- Farmington State Teachers College
- FSTC
- Home Ec
- Home economics
- students
- UMF
- University of Maine at Farmington
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Mantor Library at UMFUniversity of Maine at Farmington, 116 South Street, Farmington, ME 04938
(207) 778-7219
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