The annual event was held at a fairground in Palisades Park, New Jersey, from 1946 to 1955.
They were fiercely-fought competitions full of screaming, crying, and tantrums, but as one set of archived images reveals, baby-racing Diaper Derbies were in fact a popular spectator sport during the mid-twentieth century.
For some reason – probably health and safety gone mad – baby racing is no longer a thing you can go and see.
But these photos from the golden era of baby racing are amazing.
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Informative, comical and insightful. I wish I was around to get some footage of the first championships.
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I just love the look on the face of the mother at the Starting Gate. Determined.
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She has a face that says “Yea that’s my baby champion”
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Definitely
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