Children from the past

[Chiller]

I always find the grave of a child to have such a strong emotion. These are a few I had stored , but never posted.

These two stones stand only a few feet high. There seemed to be a time in the 1950's where the types of childrens gravestones seemed to come from only one source. They all have a photograph attached to them, and all of the stones are designed pretty much the same.

The date on this stone goes back to the early 1950's. There is a small picture of the boy at the bottom. He was only 4 years old

Last one. I blanked out the childs name and photo out of respect for him. I dont know where the flower came from, but it seemed like somebody still visits this boy today. He also passed away in the 1950's

 

[Oldfireguy]

#3, "Our Darling Son", man that is sad.

Unique stones, not seen any quite like those.

 

[DepthAfield]

Wow! These are very interesting images… And a bit disturbing! The mood was captured very well.

 

[Passion4Film]

Yes, I always find children's graves so emotional too. #3 is particularly sad to me.

 

[Arch]

sad but well captured images chiller..... good work man, love the first one :thumbup:

 

[ShootHoops]

These are beautiful but also sad. Nice work.

 

[Chiller]

Thank you so much everyone. One thing that I always wondered was why the children are buried away from other family members. In this cemetery and others I hang out at, there is always an "infants" section.
Must research that.

Thanks again.

 

[Peanuts]

Each of these seems to show a different side of an individual, especially with the contrasty black and white.

 

[Antarctican]

A moving series. #3 is my fave too.

 

[LaFoto]

These make me too sad.

(My son's grave is much more inconspicuous, though, with a very simple stone-shaped stone only).

 

[WNK]

That is very sad. I had a similiar find awhile back, with a 50-something year-old grave that still had fresh flowers on it... I cant imagine what a death of a child would be like.. it seems so intensely sad.

 

[JTHphoto]

some friends of ours just lost their son after only 3 weeks, trisomy13, sad knowing from birth that you have less than a month to spend with your child... great captures chiller, i really like the sc on the last one... :thumbup:

 

[Chiller]

Thank you so much for your kind words everyone.
Sometimes we take for granted every day we live, but dont realize how fast that can be taken from us.
When I see these small graves, and some are still attended to today, 50 years later, it can bring out quite an emotion.