Professor Hamilton's Diary: Sept. 7, 1935

They visit a friend's new baby; the stork was complicit in the delivery

Professor Hamilton spent this Saturday morning doing errands and writing letters. After Mary Elizabeth woke from her nap, the family called on one of his colleagues, who had a new baby, “little girl (very small, weighing about 5 lbs. when born and now about 7), he wrote.

Storks were often involved in birth announcements, such as the one above being offered on eBay. Paid subscribers can read on about his this bird came to be associated with human births and see a selection of adorable birth announcements featuring storks.