On June 13, 1920, the U.S. Post Office Department rules that children may not be sent by parcel post.
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"Sir: I have been corresponding with a party in Pa., about getting a baby to raise (our home being without one). May I ask you what specifications to use in wrapping so it (baby) would comply with regulations and be allowed shipment by parcel post as the express company are too rough in handling?" Part of a letter from Fort McPherson, Ga to the Postmaster General
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Postal Logo from 1920