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  • Free baby? 73 years ago Fred Meyer had a strange giveaway for a store opening

    https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/re...4-e2d84d3f25a2
    Free baby? 73 years ago Fred Meyer had a strange giveaway for a store opening

    On December 1, 1949 Fred Meyer had one of their most wacky promotions. “FREE BABY,” was published in an advertisement in The Oregon Journal newspaper.

    Author: Kyle Iboshi
    Published: 3:26 PM MST November 26, 2019
    Updated: 1:14 PM MST December 1, 2022

    PORTLAND, Ore. — Editor's note: This story was originally posted on Nov. 29, 2019.

    On December 1, 1949, Fred Meyer promoted the grand opening of a new shopping center in Portland’s Hollywood District with a contest to give away a baby. That’s right, a baby!

    “FREE BABY,” read an advertisement in The Oregon Journal newspaper. “Drawing Thursday, December 1, for a healthy 2-months-old baby, to be won by some deserving man and wife.”...
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