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Baby Holder, 1937

Baby Holder, 1937

Jack Milford, player with the Wembley Monarchs ice hockey team, has invented a carrying device so that his baby can join his wife and himself on the ice. Because who wouldn't want to take something as fragile as a baby onto a rock-hard surface with very little friction?

In this photo: Jack Milford

Photo: L. C. Buckley/Getty Images

Apr 03, 1937
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