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History Detectives  Web Extra: Sideshow Babies

Tiny babies are put on display in an incubator at the Chicago World's Fair. Details

 
 

Program: History Detectives

Episode: Web Extra: Sideshow Babies

This segment, part of Season 7 Episode 4, will have its TV premiere on Monday, July 13, 9-10 p.m. on PBS. In 1933, a baby so tiny her parents cradled her in a shoebox is whisked away by the Chicago Board of Health and put on display in an incubator at the Chicago World's Fair. Elyse Luray folllows this personal story to the bizarre beginnings of life-saving medical technology.

Duration: (15:27)
Premiere Date: 07/05/2009
Episode Expires:
TV Rating: NR


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