Why did some schoolchildren get tattoos in the US during the 1950s?

Correct answer: To facilitate the donor search for blood transfusion

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What people think about it: 12 Comments
Lorie
Lorie
Never heard of this! Wow!!
Charlie
Charlie
So was it blood type or hobo hedgehog tattoos?
Player Bengal Mama
Player Bengal Mama
We're they going to use children as donors? That doesn't please me at all. But if it was to facilitate ease and rapidity to give infusions to children in need, totally different.
Ana Maria
Ana Maria
In Canada we have a blood donar card
ccmomma
ccmomma
Everyone should know their blood type, more than half of the people I know don't
Lisik
Lisik
vCapVy, вот именно :)
 vCapVy
vCapVy
Charlie , it's quite an internationally famous animated movies star)) look up Yuri Norschtein and Franchesca Yarbousowa, Hedgehog in the Fog)))
Lisa
Lisa
Charlie , if you look closely, in the spines is the person's blood type. Where's Waldo of the 50's.
Hank
Hank
Always go with the most logical answer
Donna
Donna
Lorie, let's hope this never happens again.
Pah
Pah
Annavi, never heard of that .
Annavi
Annavi
in the UK there was tallk of tattooing new borns with their blood group on the sole of their foot but nothing was ever decided. I think it was 1970s