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catlover — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:15:23 GMT

These baby cages were used in apartments in the 1930s to make sure the child got enough fresh air and sunlight, and also treated like a zoo animal.Annette Kellerman Promotes Women’s Right To Wear A Fitted One-piece Bathing Suit, 1907. She Was Arrested For Indecency.Unbroken seal on King Tut's tomb in Egypt.

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3suwm5 — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:21:13 GMT

Interesting INDEED!!

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Kachina624 — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:23:33 GMT

That baby cage is downright scary.

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chickenbutt — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:25:16 GMT

Love it! Thanks for sharing.

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Noel7 — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:29:33 GMT

@catlover

I've seen old photos of those baby cages. It was done for "health", get those babies out into the fresh air.

Terrifying! We can't even trust balconies, I sure would never have trusted one of those contraptions!

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151949 — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:35:04 GMT

I can't possibly imagine trusting one of those contraptions to hold my child. It doesn't even have a safety rope or anything on it.As for it being a cage - back in those days people commonly placed children in small playpens while they did their housework, which essentially was a cage. Those playpens were pretty small too.

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willdob3 — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 17:02:44 GMT

@catlover -

My grandma & her cousin were arrested (or maybe just warned by the police) in the early 1900's when they attempted to walk a few blocks to the beach wearing their bathing dresses. I have fond memories of Grandma laughing about it as she told me about some of their escapades.

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Nightowlz — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 17:36:48 GMT

Never heard of baby cages.

I always got stuck in one of these.

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AKgirl2 — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:52:31 GMT

Baby cage, what a horrible and scary contraption😳 I've never seen or heard of it. As far as play pens, I don't remember my mom having or using one for me or my younger brother. My brother was 5 years younger, so maybe there was a playpen for him(?)

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goldensrbest — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:56:58 GMT

I used play pens for my boys, man that baby cage is just horrible, never saw that before.

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MoJoV — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 00:08:52 GMT

That baby reminds me of little Prince George,awfully cute! I put my kids in a playpen,too. I had to get some things done and neither one was much of a nap taker. Cage-no.

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Bird mama — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 00:50:09 GMT

It's probably my warped sense of humor but the baby cage struck my funny bone. The kid in the cage doesn't look stressed to me.

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colliegirls — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 00:57:33 GMT

Playpens were wonderful, have no idea why no one uses them anymore. It was safe for my baby while I was in the bathroom or showering. My children loved playing in them, it was full of toys .Sure is better than the baby crawling away into danger.

We even took the playpen to the beach with a beach umbrella for between the sand and water time.

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Citrine1 — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 01:08:01 GMT

I was born in the 50's. My mom definitely used a playpen for me and my siblings. I'm no worse for wear. I certainly don't remember anything from my "baby" days and I'm pretty sure I turned out ok!

I used a playpen for my daughter when she was a baby/toddler. It was a god send for all the reasons that colliegirls mentioned.