Wouldn’t see this in Babies ‘R’ Us


From the Albany Montgomery Ward children’s department on May 23, 1938.

Categories: Humor
Jennifer Gish

3 Responses

  1. lizzee says:

    We have a high chair that closely resembles the third one in from the left. It was my eldest brother-in-law’s and he is now 61. Louisa who is the fourth grand and 21 months old proudly sits in it and we are looking forward to number 5,Anna Jo,using it next summer when she is visiting. PS- I adored going to the huge Montgomery Wards store in Menands and especially the furniture departments. I remember pretending that each set was in my home and everyone else were my guests. Thanks for the memories!

  2. Kristin says:

    Haha. Yeah, illustrations of children being beaten is not the image they want to project.

  3. Jen Smith says:

    The nursery rhyme does say she “whipped them all soundly”. Really, all nursery rhymes are bad if you really listen to the words.