New York Foundling Hospital, Excerpt from LIFE magazine: “Last year 78 babies were abandoned in New York City, more than at any time since the depression. Usually their mothers deserted them for lack of funds or for lack of husband. Some war mothers never had a husband. Others lost him to the armed forces. Still others were too busy chasing him from camp to camp to bother with their children.”New York Foundling Hospital, Excerpt from LIFE magazine: “Last year 78 babies were abandoned in New York City, more than at any time since the depression. Usually their mothers deserted them for lack of funds or for lack of husband. Some war mothers never had a husband. Others lost him to the armed forces. Still others were too busy chasing him from camp to camp to bother with their children.”
New York Foundling Hospital, Excerpt from LIFE magazine: “Last year 78 babies were abandoned in New York City, more than at any time since the depression. Usually their mothers deserted them for lack of funds or for lack of husband. Some war mothers never had a husband. Others lost him to the armed forces. Still others were too busy chasing him from camp to camp to bother with their children.”