Suitcase Is Emergency Crib (Oct, 1940)
Filed under: DIY, Just Weird — @ 10:20 am
Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Oct, 1940
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Oct, 1940
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Suitcase Is Emergency Crib
Unable to bring a baby’s cot aboard a war-refugee ship from the Mediterranean island of Malta, an ingenious mother converted a suitcase into a combination bed and carriage for her four-month-old son. The illustration above shows them packed for the trip, with the baby watching the view through an improvised window. A lettered sign insured careful handling of the crib.
Gotta love the word BABY on the side but where’s the THIS END UP-> and FRAGILE stickers.
Think they’ll let me leave the kid inside when I put it through the x-ray machine at the airport?
Comment by Stannous — September 7, 2006 @ 11:27 am
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Pingback by Fury’s Den » Blog Archive » Mad Science — March 20, 2007 @ 10:39 pm
I don’t know why, but the minute I saw this I thought that it was going to be expensive - this poor kid was going to be in therapy for claustrophobia for YEARS….
It’s a logical outgrowth, though - in poorer days a makeshift cradle was often made with two chairs and a bureau drawer - suitably padded, of course.
Alan
Comment by mrchurchill109 — June 21, 2007 @ 9:17 am
I love the outside of the case: BABY. Reminds me of generic food packaging from about 30 years ago…
Comment by Jeff — January 22, 2008 @ 2:52 pm