These Shocking Historic Photos Show How Tough Babies Used To Be

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2/9 Baby gets fresh air in cage hung outside of a top floor flat in 1938.
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3/9 Little mites, who can hardly lift gloves, are put in a makeshift boxing ring in the 50s.
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4/9 Novice bather's learn on a 'merry go-round' at their school in Cincinnati in 1930.
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5/9 These babies are not enjoying being 'kept out of trouble' on the washing line.
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6/9 Sheltering from an air raid in London during the Blitz.
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7/9 Mother ensures drivers will give her boy a wide berth.
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8/9 Children sleep on wooden-framed canvas beds in the open air on the roof of a school for orphans.
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9/9 Two young lads look like experienced smokers in their ornately furnished secret den.
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These photos show the days before they put the word ‘care’ into childcare.

Author Chris Wild has unearthed some astonishing historic photos for his new book — The Retronaut Guide To Raising Children: The Past Like You Wouldn’t Believe.

Please, don’t try this at home!

Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

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