It’s hard to believe it, for a brief period of 6 years, it was possible to mail a baby or small child through the U.S. Postal Service.
Yeah, you heard it right, it was legal to mail a baby in the United States and it happened more than once and by all accounts.
In 1913, The United States Postal Service introduced parcel posts. Before then, all packages sent by mail had to weigh 4 pounds (1.8 kg) or under.
With the commencement of the parcel service, people could now ship anything below 50 pounds (23 kg).
But almost immediately, it had some unintended consequences as some parents tried to send their children through the mail.
9 comments:
wonderful! xo
hope the postman brings more letters. thanks for joining this challenge
Upppppsss ...incredible. I never knew this fact before.
I hope your Mr Postman delivers all letters correctly. (Here in Germany it can sometimes get "stuck"...) Have a nice Sunday and lots of lovely mail in your letterbox.
Sending sunshine greetings on your way
Happy Sunday.
Mine is
HERE
Much♡love
Wonderful artwork Deann.
Great piece Deann, and such an interesting piece of history. I have heard this before - it’s quite strange to think of now!
Love your art, and the text! I had no idea about mailing children through the postal service. You created a really fun piece of art to go with the information. lol
You've captured the history of this crazy bit of postal service perfectly. Every time I read about this, my mind is boggled, and now I have a fantastic image to play around in there. Well done!!!
That's incredible that people could and did do that back then, wonderful card! xoxo
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