Comments on: Baby in overhanging cage, London, 1934 http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 23:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: bentleywg http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-675608 bentleywg Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675608 It looks like an <A HREF="http://www.shorpy.com/node/4952">open air bed</A>. It looks like an open air bed.

]]> By: Suds http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-675875 Suds Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675875 My first thought was "Baby Cage Fight!". Am I a bad person? My first thought was “Baby Cage Fight!”. Am I a bad person?

]]> By: oschene http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-675635 oschene Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675635 Probably trying to ward off rickets -- London didn't get a lot of sun in those days, coal smoke and fog and all that. http://elid.in/g/uvlight Probably trying to ward off rickets — London didn’t get a lot of sun in those days, coal smoke and fog and all that.
http://elid.in/g/uvlight

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-676920 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-676920 that's a skewed curve. try scaling your comparision model. that’s a skewed curve. try scaling your comparision model.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-675905 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675905 Your views intrigue me, and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter. Your views intrigue me, and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

]]> By: stosh machek http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-675428 stosh machek Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675428 childhood pic of sir edmond hillary? baby powered air conditioning unit? falcon bait? childhood pic of sir edmond hillary? baby powered air conditioning unit? falcon bait?

]]> By: boxlightbox http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-675433 boxlightbox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675433 http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/devices-for-storing.html still awesome. http://boingboing.net/2009/07/22/devices-for-storing.html

still awesome.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-677487 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-677487 I have to do the same thing to my children, otherwise they gnaw on the furniture I have to do the same thing to my children, otherwise they gnaw on the furniture

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-675444 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675444 I wonder if they let him in at night. I wonder if they let him in at night.

]]> By: Xenu http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-675447 Xenu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675447 Too bad Michael Jackson didn't have one of these. Too bad Michael Jackson didn’t have one of these.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-675448 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675448 Sleeping porch. Considered very healthy at one time. Sleeping porch. Considered very healthy at one time.

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-675960 franko Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675960 mother? air the baby out — he stinks! mother? air the baby out — he stinks!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-675712 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675712 Another view here: http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuyr3pAvsv1qa9b8ro1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2&Expires=1262308874&Signature=HpxI6ipV2hcwEJXyvUWIYP%2BUOJI%3D From here: http://blackandwtf.tumblr.com/page/3 Another view here:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuyr3pAvsv1qa9b8ro1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2&Expires=1262308874&Signature=HpxI6ipV2hcwEJXyvUWIYP%2BUOJI%3D

From here:

http://blackandwtf.tumblr.com/page/3

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-675477 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675477 wasn't this done for babies with 'croup'? doctors determined that the babies need cool moist air at night to breathe more easily... so people built these little outdoor sleeping pens. wasn’t this done for babies with ‘croup’? doctors determined that the babies need cool moist air at night to breathe more easily… so people built these little outdoor sleeping pens.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-677526 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-677526 That would be a detail of a photograph by Jan Saudek. That would be a detail of a photograph by Jan Saudek.

]]> By: jfrancis http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-675487 jfrancis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675487 That is to prevent him from flying back to Kensington Gardens. That is to prevent him from flying back to Kensington Gardens.

]]> By: Architexas http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-675489 Architexas Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675489 Caging babies is wrong! I bet they also ply them with antibiotics and growth hormones. Free-range babies or nothing, I say. Caging babies is wrong! I bet they also ply them with antibiotics and growth hormones. Free-range babies or nothing, I say.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-675494 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675494 The same people who freak out about this photograph, are probably the same people who feel no qualms about strapping their baby into an automobile car-seat made of plastic and nylon. The only difference being, that automobiles kill far more babies every minute that all of the window baby cage fatalities in all of history. The same people who freak out about this photograph, are probably the same people who feel no qualms about strapping their baby into an automobile car-seat made of plastic and nylon.

The only difference being, that automobiles kill far more babies every minute that all of the window baby cage fatalities in all of history.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-675501 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675501 Least they won't grow up afraid of heights, pigeons maybe, but not heights. Least they won’t grow up afraid of heights, pigeons maybe, but not heights.

]]> By: pyster http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-675502 pyster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675502 caged baby is more tender... tho range baby cold be pretty tasty! caged baby is more tender… tho range baby cold be pretty tasty!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-676016 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-676016 I think this is fascinating! Are there any good books about 1930s London? I think this is fascinating! Are there any good books about 1930s London?

]]> By: hallpass http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-675509 hallpass Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675509 This was to allow the child to better enjoy the pristine air of 1930s London. This was to allow the child to better enjoy the pristine air of 1930s London.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-675518 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675518 Forget the baby cage, what I want to know is the name of the painting being used by one of the russian commentors on the link page showing two women hugging, one of them nude. ;p Forget the baby cage, what I want to know is the name of the painting being used by one of the russian commentors on the link page showing two women hugging, one of them nude. ;p

]]> By: V http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-675520 V Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675520 Does it come in teenager sizes? Does it come in teenager sizes?

]]> By: lewis stoole http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-675527 lewis stoole Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675527 b.f. skinner decided to "upgrade" his experiments. b.f. skinner decided to “upgrade” his experiments.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-675529 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675529 My cat would just love that. My cat would just love that.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-675532 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675532 These were fashionable for a time to allow city-dwelling children to get fresh air and sunshine during daylight hours -- fumes, smoke, etc., apparently hadn't entered the spectrum of things pediatricians and mothers worried about yet. If I recall correctly, BoingBoing ran a photo of a similar installation somewhere in New York City a year or two ago. The conversation then seemed to return no documented evidence of any significant illness or injury to the children involved. These were fashionable for a time to allow city-dwelling children to get fresh air and sunshine during daylight hours — fumes, smoke, etc., apparently hadn’t entered the spectrum of things pediatricians and mothers worried about yet.

If I recall correctly, BoingBoing ran a photo of a similar installation somewhere in New York City a year or two ago.

The conversation then seemed to return no documented evidence of any significant illness or injury to the children involved.

]]> By: SFCPat http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-675788 SFCPat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675788 This was a fairly common way in the 30's & 40's for those in large cities to have windows open in the non-ac summer's and not have to worry about a toddler falling out of a window 6 stories up. As was tying a rope around a small childs waist and allowing him/her to play outside attached to the clothes line while busy mom's cooked, cleaned, washed without automatic machines, and did everything else that required doing. It was a simple time and these were simple solutions, not child abuse. This was a fairly common way in the 30′s & 40′s for those in large cities to have windows open in the non-ac summer’s and not have to worry about a toddler falling out of a window 6 stories up. As was tying a rope around a small childs waist and allowing him/her to play outside attached to the clothes line while busy mom’s cooked, cleaned, washed without automatic machines, and did everything else that required doing. It was a simple time and these were simple solutions, not child abuse.

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-675534 Lobster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675534 Nothing shows love for your neighborhood more than filling the street with the sound of an externally mounted shrieking infant. Nothing shows love for your neighborhood more than filling the street with the sound of an externally mounted shrieking infant.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/30/baby-in-overhanging.html#comment-675536 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-675536 That particular image is a photo by Jan Saudek entitled 'Oh, those beautiful B. Sisters!' and you may further ogle it and others like it here: http://www.mdf.ru/english/festivals/fotobiennale/biennale2006/saudek_fb06/ That particular image is a photo by
Jan Saudek entitled ‘Oh, those beautiful B. Sisters!’ and you may further ogle it and others like it here: http://www.mdf.ru/english/festivals/fotobiennale/biennale2006/saudek_fb06/

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