Artifact of the Week — January 7, 2016

Posted by on January 7, 2016

The Stork Inn was located in a bedroom in the Pleasant Plains home of nurses Scott and Ticknor.

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Child with sign for the Stork Inn run by of nurses Scott and Ticknor.

In the first photo from the Scott-Ticknor Collection you can see a child standing in front of the Scott and Ticknor’s midwifery sign.

Bib advertising the Stork Inn

Bib advertising the Stork Inn

The second photo shows a bib advertising the Stork Inn. The bib is part of the Jarvis collection.

New mother at the Stork Inn

New mother at the Stork Inn

The final photo shows a new mother sitting in a rocking chair holding her newborn as the baby’s father sits beside her in the Stork Inn. This photo is part of the Scott-Ticknor collection at Old Independence Regional Museum.

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