A Morning Bath (Edison, 1896)

[bettydaw1970]

so funny surfing youtube where u may wind up!!!!

really 1896 baby bath. awesome!!!

[andyalin]

nice high tech washing machine

[ThatsARandomNameLOL]

po lil baby :(

[Judeaous]

I'll bet shees got a bush the size of Guam.

[flutterbunny]

One of the greatest videos on YouTube. Amazing historical footage. 

[Jsd8675]

If she is 35 years old.. She was born in 1861.. her parents probably 1835. Both her and her parents were probably in slavery during their lives.

[macroevolve]

That womans parents were probaly slaves when she was born

[soSUBURBIA]

God. Black moms still pick their babies up by one arm even to this day. Incredible.

[1loveshop]

@soSUBURBIA what? what does that mean? 

[soSUBURBIA]

@1loveshop Just an observation.

[flutterbunny]

It looks like the cameraman or someone off screen is joking and talking with her, the way she is laughing.

[keresztes92]

so old

[Claireeyyyy]

Wow that day would of been halloween

[shrineheart87]

I wonder if that little baby had any kids, because if that baby did, he or she would have grandchildren. Meaning, that there are probably descendants from that baby alive today. Maybe one of those descendants have a facebook right now. Or what's creepy, they may not even know that there is a video out there showing great great grandma washing their great grandpa. I wish I knew the family history of this lady and her child. That would be cool.

[JuanPaBJxGothic]

@shrineheart87 or great great great grandma washing their great great grandpa ;)

[justanotherjunkaddy]

No wonder kids hated baths so much! Well, I guess they still do, but that little guy had a really good reason.

[japeeisalwaysthebest]

that was like 114 years ago

[bunnasoo2]

Oh my god for that woman slavery ended only 30 years ago. These are AMAZING glimpses into the past.

[karrrido]

danng i dont even wash my dog like that haha

[2xchrome]

My mammy use to bathe me like this.

[ThePickledTheif]

Well..That's an odd way to wash a baby, to say the least.

[chocolatebooty81]

You hardly ever saw Blacks on early film this is so amazing

[anw74]

WOOOW !!!! What is this new technology which makes us see the past, expect to see my grandma, playing with kids.

[eyecmypets]

Some really rough handling back then...poor little baby...I bet she was afraid of water and hardly bathed later in life if she survived her mother!

[hcvang]

@eyecmypets that was nothing to what that kid would experience as a kid, teen and grownup... life was shit back then.

[eyecmypets]

Some really rough handling back then...poor little baby...I bet she was afraid of water and hardly bathed later in life!

[Kihoods]

omg this is very scary entertaining and haunting to watch not scary literally but you know wha i mean look how old this video is look at how they dress look how unique their faces are like this ladyy this is history i love it just love to see what happened back in the day

[MJismyrock]

@gallantman44

My great grandparents were born in 1896. My grandma (85) and mum (51) are still alive. I'm sure this baby has children and grandchildren alive somewhere today :)

[ExperimentalSurgeon]

wow watching this is like history come to life. its trippy kind of, because i'm watching this and its simply entertaining us, but this is real life for this lady. i'm guessing she is probably is slave that may have never dreamed that there'd be a black president one day. we've come a long way... tho i'd like appear before her with gadgets from the future that'll help her out with stuff she's gotta do back there...

[CASPRPres]

@ExperimentalSurgeon

Slave? This is over 30 years after slavery ended.

[ExperimentalSurgeon]

@CASPRPres

oh really? well that's good then..

[Turanvoliadela13]

@CASPRPres SAME SHIT STILL WENT ON TILL 1968, PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FUCKIN' WITH THE BLACKS ... IT AIN'T RIGHT !

[perogie34]

@CASPRPres Slavery obviously continued after that period. XD

[chandru1103]

Anyone find it disturbing how rough she is handling that baby?...I mean I know motherhood is no picnic, but you're gonna dislocate its shoulder holding it like that!

[MikeyMcCrashCap]

@chandru1103 she was nervous in front of the camera. You can't blame her for being so careless. You know what fame does to people.

[gallantman44]

Both have long since been dead.... just as that babies kids and grand kids....all dead.

[godwhyisthistaken]

awsome!!

[cienferris]

Poor kid!! And they didn't even have "no tears" shampoo back then. Of course, when I see her flopping the child around like that, I figure she probably had 12 others to bathe before breakfast...

[Gvanillavodka]

lol very true.

[bethal1998]

just think, if that baby is still alive he/she would be 113 years old this year

[clo12clo]

Today this baby is 112.

Lol !

[Londy42]

if he is still alive,hummmm........

[AttentionSeeker00]

fuck off

[7380654]

wow chill the fuck out this video was recorded over a 100 years ago, so who the fuck cares what any health and safety officials would do about it today

and obviously its from an archive

[reedunculous]

That is one PISSED OFF BABY!

[Vermoetan]

could be

[garrettsambo7]

Too bad the baby's dead now.

[Aguaatlantis]

great video! , but isin't she a bit too harsh on holding that poor baby?! lol still cute

[piafedith]

merci pour le video

[curlytoes79]

Is that the kid from Hard Times Cafe?