Baby's First Butcher
Shop
Baby's First Butcher Shop
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PETA would
never approve: This grisly 1840 doll-sized butcher shop with miniature
animal carcasses and a floor covered in sawdust and blood would be
shockingly graphic to our modern sensibilities. After all, here in the
21st century, we like to remain cheerfully oblivious about where our
meat products come from.
But in Victorian times, such detailed model butcher shops were not
uncommon, says Sarah Louise Wood, a curator at the Museum of Childhood
at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The real question is: Why
exactly do such things exist? [Full
story with delightful pictures]
I'm
almost moved
to write a thesis based on just this sort of thing—people growing up in
a sheltered and sterile society. But who needs another "F " on his resume? Anyway, you
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Indeed I do.
ReplyDeleteCasca
Here's a weekend pass Casca, enjoy.
ReplyDeleteThat image actually made me salivate. Had to run for a piece of cake.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, people think shopping comes naturally. No, it is a skill that caring parents pass on to their children. This butcher shop play set would have been very useful for teaching home economics.
Isn't that the set that comes with "Minimum-Wage Barbie"?
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