Would You Put Your Baby in This? A Look at an Unusual Baby Carriage and a Sanitary Couch from 1908

Published September 12, 2012

Explore this strange 1908 advertisement for an unusual baby carriage and a mysterious sanitary couch. Would you put your baby in this? Read on to find out more.

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Would you put your baby in this? What a bizarre baby carriage. And what is a sanitary couch?

Hub Furniture Co. advertisement - March 18th, 1908 (Washington Herald) — Hub Furniture Co. advertisement – March 18th, 1908 (Washington Herald)

Posted in Old Ads & Classifieds
and tagged 1900s

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