Eugenics Influence

ID: 317 ~ Source: "Indiana Baby Book," 2nd ed., 1920, from IUPUI Center for Digital Scholarship ~ Creator: Indiana State Board of Health ~ Date: 1920

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Free at Better Babies Contests, the "Indiana Baby Book" contained parenting tips, with eugenics principles sprinkled throughout. The caption reads, "These healthy children were born of healthy, normal parents. Weak, diseased parents produce weak, diseased children."

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Hook's Drug Store

By Gail Gráinne Whitchurch & Indiana Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology

Hook's Drug Stores were Indiana fixtures throughout most of the 20th century. Founder John A. Hook opened his first Indianapolis store in 1900 in a now-demolished building at 1101 S. East Street in what is now the Fountain Square neighborhood.…