Bridgeport, Chicago, Illinois, 1924. In the 1920s, illnesses threatened children's lives. Mr. Irene's maternal Grandparents, Anna and Stanley, lost three offspring during that decade. Here, the family mourns the loss of Baby Jean, who died at three-and-one-half months of age. The family wakes Baby Jean at home. A portrait of family members who stayed behind in Lithuania hangs on the wall. Baby Jean's siblings, Benny and Martha, fold their hands in prayer. Petra, Stanley, and Anna stand on the left.
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I'd heard of things like that, but that was often the case before antibiotics came into general use.
Another reason why big families were a necessity.
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