A Brief History of Children Sent Through the Mail

21 m-hodges 6 6/27/2025, 8:12:00 PM smithsonianmag.com ↗

Comments (6)

ashton314 · 21m ago
I'm delighted that the first picture is of a child being carried in a tote bag, and the website is advertising "Subscribe to Smithsonian magazine and get a FREE tote" right up at the top.

Presumably the child is not included.

orthodonticjake · 7m ago
I see no rule that says an adult cannot be mailed
LorenDB · 2m ago
charcircuit · 1m ago
>Domestic packages may not weigh more than 70 pounds.

https://faq.usps.com/articles/Knowledge/Parcel-Size-Weight-F...

j-bos · 22m ago
There's something incredible about how much trust there used to be in society.
kurrupttt · 22m ago
yeah we've done some unironically questionable things over the centuries.