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Time to Boil the Diapers: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 04/13/2008 - 12:22am.
December 1943. "Lynn Massman, wife of a second class petty officer who is studying in Washington, does the washing every morning." View full size. Medium-format negative by Esther Bubley for the Office of War Information.
That's a big camera flash...
Submitted by Anonymous Dipster on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 1:51pm.
...would've loved to see the baby's expression after the bulb went off. At least he's got clean diapers lined up.
You know, I don't think kids just walk off tables. They have the instinct, you know, to not jump off a cliff and all that.
[Esther Bubley used floodlights, not flashbulbs, for illumination in these photos. - Dave]
Baby in Peril
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 3:04pm.
There are so many baby-hazards in that kitchen I can't believe the kid lived at all...the cord, the kid on the table......
[And yet the lady had eight kids. And ran for the state Senate in Montana! What did she know that we don't? - Dave]
Yikes
Submitted by Rob in Oak Park on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 9:32am.
My kid would have rolled off the table the second I walked away.
Makes you think...
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sun, 04/13/2008 - 5:51pm.
I wonder where that baby is now ... Shorpy.com makes you think about that kind of thing. Thank you!
[Joey died eight years ago. Read the comments here for more info. - Dave]
You're putting those on me?!
Submitted by Lord-Velveeta on Sun, 04/13/2008 - 2:09pm.
The look on the baby's face says it all ... "You're doing WHAT to my diapers!!!???"
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