Dr. DeMaurice Moses, director of the Hilltop Multi-Service Center Well Baby Clinic, listens to the heartbeat of one-year-old Peter Elliott at the clinic held in the Tacoma Community House, 1311 So. M St., on January 3, 1968. Peter's mother, Mrs. William Elliott, reassures him by holding his hand. Well Baby Clinics made it possible for parents to monitor their babies' health at little or no-cost. Mrs. Elliott made regular trips to the clinic for little Peter's checkups and immunizations. Future expansion of the Well Baby Clinic services would include "in-home" service to help parents who had difficulty transporting their children, ages up to 5, to designated Well Baby Clinics. Photograph ordered by Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc. (TNT 1-7-68, D-10)

Infants--Tacoma--1960-1970; Medical equipment & supplies; Clinics--Tacoma; Physicians--Tacoma--1960-1970; Elliott, Peter; Elliott, William--Family; Moses, DeMaurice;

A wriggling baby gets weighed in at a neighborhood Well Baby Clinic shortly after New Year's Day, 1968. Babies received medical care and check-ups at low or no-cost to their parents. This little one was photographed at the Hilltop Multi-Service Well Baby Clinic located in the Tacoma Community House, 1311 So. M St. Photograph ordered by Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc.

Infants--Tacoma--1960-1970; Weights & measures--Tacoma; Scales; Clinics--Tacoma;

A kindergarten class at Tacoma Community House listens while their teacher reads a story from a picture book in April 1950. Originally called the Tacoma Settlement House, the Tacoma Community House has been helping immigrants adjust to a new life in America since 1907. Their building at 1311 So. M St. was a welcoming haven for arriving immigrants since its dedication in 1919. It was replaced by a new state-of-the-art facility at 1314 So. L St. in 1986. Photo ordered by Community House superintendent Lillian B. Ellis.

Tacoma Community House (Tacoma); School children--Tacoma--1950-1960; Kindergartens--Tacoma--1950-1960; Reading--Tacoma;