My favorite summer TV show is the History Detectives on PBS. Tonights show included a woman who was exhibited in Martin Couney's Incubators for premature babies.

It was an interesting story as I was unaware that there were others out there other than Dr. Fischel who charged to show the babies he was saving. I don't think Couney had the ability like Fischel to settle down but like Fischel saved so many children.

Here is a transcript of the segment: http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives......bies.pdf

My father, Walter, was born premature and exhibited in the fair at the end of the 1934 season. His show business career ended there.

I may be completly off on this, feel free to correct me but I feel in doing research on my family whom danced on the Steel Pier in Atlantic City I came across a photo of Martin Couney's Show on the Boardwalk if not the Steel Pier.

Ill see if I can find it again.

FYI, I too was a premee, 4lbs-9oz. I looked like a translucent frog, and fit in my Grandfathers hand between the tip of his finger and his wrist.

Nope, it was Coney Island. My bad.

http://www.neonatology.org/pinups/couney.html
http://www.neonatology.org/pinups/coneyislandnurses.html
...and I think I was actually 3lbs-9oz.