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We are not sure that these images and this very old practice of caging your baby outside a window sometimes several stories above terra firma necessarily fits in with the general ziteguiste of our blog, but it was so amazing we had to share. The images themselves border on art by simply reflecting an extremely bad idea from the 1930s.
The photo above was taken in 1934 shows a wire cage which East Poplar borough council in London proposed to fix to the outside of their buildings. (1)
The patent was filed in 1922 by Emma Read, from Washington, and was granted the following year. According to The Northern Star, the description of the patent, said: 'It is well known that a great many difficulties rise in raising, and properly housing babies and small children in crowded cities, that is to say from the health viewpoint.(1) So apparently the benefits would be fresh air for the child, room to play with toys and another place for children to sleep...sure that makes sense.
The patent went on: 'With these facts in view, it is the purpose of this invention to provide an article of manufacture for babies and young children, to be suspended upon the exterior of a building adjacent an open window, wherein the baby or young child may be placed.' (1)
The cages in the patent were also designed with a slanted, overlapping roof which was said to protect babies from snow or rain.(1)
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