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Description
Students show the proper way to brush your teeth in a play at the Presumpscot Elementary School in Portland.
This was part of Health Week where student were encouraged to demonstrate proper health practices.
Lillian L. Jones, a nurse and educator, began Portland schools' health education programs.
About This Item
- Title: Student health parade, Portland, 1924
- Creation Date: 1924
- Subject Date: 1924
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 8.3 cm x 10.8 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, 2005.061.7205
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Costumes
- Dental education
- Dental hygiene
- Health education--Maine--Portland
- Parades & processions--Maine--Portland
- Presumpscot School (Portland, Me.)
- School children--Maine--Portland
- Teeth
- Toothbrushes
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