Lavinia Thumb poses with her "baby"

Lavinia is shown here with one of the many children that posed as her "baby." Since the children would eventually outgrow their parents, they would rent other babies as necessary.

Date:
1865 circa 5 years
Original Format:
Photographic Print
Item#:
MES12390
Photographer:
Mathew Brady
Height:
3000px
Width:
2411px
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