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Knife Thrower and Child in the 1940s
Circus performers used their baby for target practice in their knife-throwing show. If this were to happen in the modern world, the baby would probably be taken away by Child Protective Services! Apparently, this was a common thing to see at the circus. There is an Archived video of knife throwers tossing knives at their children in the 1950’s. Most of the time, a teenager or adult woman will stand against a large piece of wood, known as the Target Girl. Some of these Target Girls became famous, and a few went on to write biographies about their interesting lives. Unfortunately, there is not a lot of information about the baby in the photograph above, but I truly hope he got to live a long and happy stab-free life.