These Historical Photos Will Make You Wish You Could Turn Back Time

Babies Sleeping Outside a Moscow Hospital

Putting babies outside on a harsh snowy winter might seem cruel and unusual, but this was quite common at maternity hospital in Russia. It came from an old tradition of wrapping young babies in hats and stockings and forcing them to face the reality of –10 degrees Fahrenheit weather conditions. Don’t worry though, because the babies were being monitored by the staff at this maternity hospital in 1958.