America in the 1940s was a tumultuous place to live during and after World war II. During the war, food and supplies were rationed, and, though the end of the war marked an economic boom in America, not everyone felt its effects. Recovery, in some instances, took years.
The picture of children for sale, taken in August of 1948, perfectly explains the experience of those affected by the effects of a war.
The idea of any mother selling her children, let alone selling them with a sign posted in her front yard, is unacceptable and insane in today’s world. this 1948 image of children for sale is real, and the kids pictured did, in fact, find themselves sold off to strangers at the behest of their own parents.
Unsurprisingly, the children for sale in the Chicago area went on to experience further hardship in their new homes.
Their Mother Was Pregnant When She Sold Her Kids And Later Also Sold The Unborn Baby.
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| RaeAnn Mills and her brother Milton sold to the Zoeteman family. |
this tragic story of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Chalifoux, who face eviction from their apartment. With no place to turn, the jobless coal truck driver and his wife decide to sell their four children. On the top step are Lana, 6, and Rae, 5. Below are Milton, 4, and Sue Ellen, 2”.
Within two years all of the children’s pictures, as well as the baby she was carrying at the time, were sold off to different homes.
After years, the kids reunites and recounts how their lives were made hell by their buyers.
They blamed their mother for the unfortunate lives they had while growing. Except for one who justified their mothers actions said she might actually be thinking of saving our lives, back then it was all about survival. Who are we to judge..
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