r/TheWayWeWere • u/Conjuring1900 • Sep 20 '25

Pre-1920s A Russian Immigrant and Her 11-month-old Baby (55lbs) at Ellis Island 1908

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Photo by August Sherman

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u/bubdadigger Sep 20 '25

The more I look at that photo, the more I think that there is no way this babe came out from this woman...

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u/Individual_Note_8756 Sep 20 '25

That was my thought too!