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These Historical Photos Communicate How Huge The Baby Boom Was

Nurses with newborns at a hospital in Paris, 1946.

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The first babies of the new year in a maternity ward in Paris, 1946.

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New mothers change their babies’ diapers in New York City, 1946.

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A nurse cares for one of many infants at St. Ann’s Infant Asylum in Washington, D.C. 1946.

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Prisoner mothers bathe their babies in a hospital ward at Holloway Prison in London, 1947.

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Participants in a baby show in England. 1950.

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Credits: rarehistoricalphotos.com

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