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Image 1 — Siblings Rose and Fred, admitted to Barnardo's Children's Home in England. They were separated and sent to Canada as cheap labour. Rose was admitted to an an asylum at age 30 after her illegitimate baby was taken from her.
Image 2 — Siblings Rose and Fred, admitted to Barnardo's Children's Home in England. They were separated and sent to Canada as cheap labour. Rose was admitted to an an asylum at age 30 after her illegitimate baby was taken from her.
Image 3 — Siblings Rose and Fred, admitted to Barnardo's Children's Home in England. They were separated and sent to Canada as cheap labour. Rose was admitted to an an asylum at age 30 after her illegitimate baby was taken from her.
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Siblings Rose and Fred, admitted to Barnardo's Children's Home in England. They were separated and sent to Canada as cheap labour. Rose was admitted to an an asylum at age 30 after her illegitimate baby was taken from her.

u/kittykitkitty — 10 days ago
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An abortion pill named Chichester’s Pennyroyal Pills. 1887. Most of these pills were quack remedies and didn't work.

u/kittykitkitty — 3 months ago
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1903 - Mill children marched from Pennsylvania to New York to publicise the harsh conditions of child labour and demand a 55-hour work week. President Roosevelt refused to see them.

u/Aromatic_Mousse — 3 months ago
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One of my favourite photos. From 1861-62. Taken at 5 Princes Gardens, London. One sisters face is framed by the shoulder and head of the other.

u/kittykitkitty — 3 months ago
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Indigenous people used as props at Henry Wellcome's booth at the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition. Medicines were sometimes advertised using Indigenous peoples even when they had little to do with the product.

u/kittykitkitty — 3 months ago