If I told you that there was a time in the US when people mailed their children, would you believe me? Welcome to a strange part of American history.

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Sources:

Newspaper clippings of events

https://blog.newspapers.com/special-delivery-children-sent-via-parcel-post/#:~:text=Postal%20officials%20across%20the%20country,search%20Newspapers.com%E2%84%A2%20today!

A Brief History of Children Sent Through the Mail/By Danny Lewis published June 14th, 2016

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/brief-history-children-sent-through-mail-180959372/

When People Used the Postal Service to ‘Mail’ Their Children/By Becky Little published June 13th, 2018

https://www.history.com/articles/mailing-children-post-office

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