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For 'Boardwalk Empire'-era Atlantic City, babies in incubators were a sideshow attraction

Vernon Ogrodnek

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Absecon's Carol Boyce Heinisch, who was an incubator baby on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City. Photo takend at The Press of Atlantic City Thursday October 7, 2010

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Absecon's Carol Boyce Heinisch, who was an incubator baby on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City. shown in photo from August 1942 with nurse Hildegard Couney. Copy photo taken at The Press of Atlantic City Thursday October 7, 2010

Vernon Ogrodnek

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The knitted cap, made by a family friend, and the necklace given to her when she was born (from the incubator facility) of Absecon's Carol Boyce Heinisch, who was an incubator baby on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City. photo taken at The Press of Atlantic City Thursday October 7, 2010

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