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"A legal loophole in 1913 made it possible to send babies by mail. This picture was taken after it was banned in 1920" (phew!)

Yes, it's as crazy as it seems.

In the early days of the parcel post you just had to attach stamps to your children's clothes and send them, as any other "normal" letter or parcel (no kidding, just like that!*). They "rode trains to their destinations, accompanied by letter carriers. One newspaper reported it cost 53 cents for parents to mail their daughter to her grandparents for a family visit." 

Let's look the "cool" thing about it: You could travel for just 53 cents! XD   I wonder if this might be the origin of the low-cost travel companies :P

Okay, there's no need to explain how crazy insane thing is just the idea of mailing kids like that so, let's have some fun: Where would you've liked to be sent if you were a kid in 1913?? XD

* +info: "A brief story of Children sent through the mail"