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MAKING THE MODERN WORLD
Stories about the lives we've made
 

Object:Cumfifolda folding pushchair, 1960


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Child rearing became a major concern in the late 1940s for many women, following the baby boom after the Second World War.
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Breast pump, 1780-1820
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Levret type III delivery forceps, German, 1751-1800
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Portable neonatal incubator by Oxygenaire, 1950-65
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Rocking cradle, 1750-1850
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Baby's gas mask, 1939
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Packet of 28 Pampers 'Baby-Dry' disposable nappies, 1999
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Perambulator with black upholstery, c.1900
   
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