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Category: Foundling Museum

January 11, 2018 lucyroeber 18th century, Foundling Museum

Tokens of Love

After the festivities and the feasting, my mind turns to the tokens that mothers left to identify their babies at the Foundling Hospital in the 18th century. These pathetic scraps of hope are probably the most poignant objects I've ever seen.

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