Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Bo01-096. Unwanted babies, or the bodies of dead babies whose parents were too poor to bury the deceased baby, could be abandoned at a Baby Tower. See Mx01-138 and Mx04-065.

Caption on mount
“Baby Tower” Ningpo
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Location
Estimated date
1870
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph