In the U.S. prior to the Fair Labor Standards act in 1938, Children as young as 5years were legally working up to 70hrs a week in dangerous conditions making only cents a day to help support their family. Some factories had barbed wire around their compound to keep the young imps inside.6yr ⋅ BobbinWilliams ⋅ r/OldSchoolSad
This photo in my (deceased) grandfather's desk from the Korean War6yr ⋅ UrBrotherJoe ⋅ r/OldSchoolSad
A little girl with polio, on a respirator gazes into pool of water containing baby ducks — an early use of animals as part of medical therapy, 1956.6yr ⋅ ActuallyAaron ⋅ r/OldSchoolSad
