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Baby Cage, 1937
A nanny supervising a baby suspended in a wire cage attached to the outside of a high tenement block window. The cages were distributed to members of the Chelsea Baby Club in London who have no gardens, or qualms about putting a child in a box dangling over a busy street.
Photo: Reg Speller/Getty Images
Jun 23, 1937
(from “30 Dumb Inventions”, on Life)
And to think someone thought this was remotely a good idea…
PS: Check the other inventions that made the Top 30. You’ll be surprised… :o
