Dr. Martin Couney was the proprietor of "Incubator Baby Exhibits" at many of the large expositions and world's fairs during the early 1900's, culminating in a large pavilion at the New York World's Fair in 1939-1940. He also had a permanent sideshow at Coney Island from approximately 1903 to 1945, and lived near the amusement park in Sea Gate. Three nurses from the Coney Island exhibit appear here, holding six premature infants having an average weight of 2 pounds.