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William and Lila Young
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William and Lila Young
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Lila Gladys Young
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William Peach Young
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The Youngs heavily advertised their maternity home to prospective
parents in New York and New Jersey.
(Bette Cahill)
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Butterbox
The title of Bette Cahill's book, Butterbox Babies, and the
subsequent movie is a reference to the "butter boxes,"
wooden grocery crates from a local dairy used as coffins for the
babies murdered at the Ideal Maternity Home.
(Photo courtesy of Riva Barnett)
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Ideal Maternity Home Survivors at the 1997 Reunion.
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Monument to all the babies born at the Ideal Maternity Home,
dedicated in 1997.
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Lila Gladys Young biography