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This one is a collage I was motivated to put together from a visit to Hillside Cemetery in Attleboro..
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The Parrys - ten children buried here
It was rough being a kid in the 19th century
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Mount Carmel Cemetery has a section that is filled with fragrant white and pale purple lilac trees and tiny souls
under the age of 10 or so...
I call it the "Field of Angels".
There is a different miniature angel monument no higher than knee level (and I am short) on just about every grave, so when viewed from a distance, it is quite the sight…a flurry of little white-wings.
This "Field of Angels" also has an especially tender vibe to it, different from other sectors of this beautiful old Italian cemetery.
Perhaps it is the gentle perfume and aura of joy from the innocence of these sweet souls that pervade your own being with even the shortest of visits.
There is ONE exception, a 71 year old woman, Conchetta, is buried on the
corner of the "Field of baby-angels"...I am told that she was the cemetery guardian and caretaker of this section during her life...
and seems to remain so now… she is the only grave with TWO small angels.
Because there is such an overwhelming gentle power here, it draws me back time and again...
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This is in Mt Carmel, alway one of my favorites
The next two are classics in Forest Home
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Great shots everyone. I got a hold of my sisters digital so I can go out and shoot tomorrow, weather permitting.
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Okay I got two more, I saw this on eyesterday morning, I really liked the bunny on it.
This one is cool It's in Mountain View in Ca.
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Random, metrogirl & johnmartine, you have all posted some wonderful examples of this theme! PunkUE, look forward to your finds!
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You are right, there are always so many and it is so sad. Here are few I would like to share.
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A doubly sad one..
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These are so sad. In this particular cemetery, there is one whole section for the childrens graves. It is a really huge section. Here are a few:
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Stefania (If you want to see her birthday cake, it's next to this photo in my photostream)
Little Jim
I don't know what happened to this little guy, but his family's faith in his destiny is apparent.
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Yeah, another one. This one is in Laurel Hill, in Philadelphia.
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Some from Richmond, Va...
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by request - Helena Schaaff and her bebehs.
Um, where is this Mount Carmel that smells of lilacs? I love lilacs and little angels.
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Random420, that's a great picture.
Here are some markers for families who lost more than one child.
Three baby sons
A sad amendment to a previously erected marker
So many Claras
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Both from Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus.
First, George Blount, who died from a fall in his father's hotel. Nearly life-size statue.
Jackie Allen Remaly. I love the angel carrying flowers.
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Christopher Cook, aged 2 months Brompton Cemetery, London.
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2 y/o
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These were taken yesterday at greenlawn cemetery in columbus oh....
A pair of booties on a grave too deteriorated to read
Happy Birthday little one
And this beautiful grave decorated with easter eggs
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I really like the sculpture and statuary posted above, but I also like the simple little photo of the baby micheleg34 posted.
A big heart for a small son
Little Gary
Detail of his photo on my photostream next to this
Splendid small Lucy
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Superb posts. There are just so many beautiful stones here.
This is the children's section of Southampton Hollybrook Cemetery. Mrs. Ducke (Ruth) visited here during our journey and took this photo. A child of a good friend of hers is buried here..
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Ok, I managed to take a few photo's at the cemetery today;
I tried to be very discreet while taking these photos in the kids section of the cemetery. Not wanting to upset any mourners.
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I didn't shoot the bottom of the tombstone, since the top was so much interesting.
This is the graves of my sisters who were both 3
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I found this one this evening and fell in love with it, mainly because of the photo that was on the stone. This was in Sunset Lawn Cemetery in Harrisburg, Illinois.
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I found this in a tiny cemetery in New Brunwick, Canada. I don't know where exactly it was pretty much in the middle of nowhere...
I love this one... The skull on the hour glass makes it a bit creepy too...
Sillery, Quebec
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This one year old was born and died on my birthday.
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Oh hey I just discovered this one in my collection too!
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War Babies Guardian Angel at Fairview Cemetery in Bastrop, TX.
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Aberfan - the lost Generation.
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I have never understood this one:
The little girl with an old man's face. It has continued to haunt me for years.
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No info except her name
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Corinne at Bohemian National Cemetery in Chicago.
Artie and Willie at Calvary Cemetery in Evanston, IL.
Josie at Calvary Cemetery in Evanston.
at Calvary Cemetery in Milwaukee, WI.
Charles Conrad at Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago.
Inez at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago.
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I've got a few of the same graves as amazingranda, but I'm going to post them anyhow. :)
Inez Clarke at Graceland in Chicago:
At Rosehill in Chicago:
Josie at Calvary in Evanston, IL (did you hear any weird sounds near
him, amazingranda?):
Olive & Sophie Scharringhausen at Elk Grove Cemetery, Elk Grove Village, IL:
Joseph Sabatka at Bohemian National, Chicago:
From a little baby section at Bohemian National, Chicago:
Francesco Salerno at Mt. Carmel, Hillside, IL:
Thomas Haddaway at Tynemouth Priory, Tynemouth, England:
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At Montrose Cemetery, Chicago, IL:
Infant Daughter at Bachelors Grove, Midlothian, IL:
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At the New Ulm Cemetary, Minnesota:
Our Darling Allie
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Appears to be a section of children from an epidemic in the early 1900s in St. Phillips, Indiana. Still has toys placed on her grave.
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Found in Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Ill. The grave of a boy named Josie Lyons who died at the age of 9. I have never seen a statue such as this one which is encased in a granite dome.
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A small child's grave in Barnett Chapel African American Cemetery in Lyon County, Kentucky.
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This is a close up photo of the child's photo on the headstone in the previous post. Barnett Chapel African American Cemetery, Lyon County, Kentucky.
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Grave of Ollie May Holland (1883-1884) in the Kansas African American Cemetery in Lyon County, Kentucky.
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This is the back side of the marker.
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In memory of "Little Corky" in Fairview Cemetery in Superior, Arizona.
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@ St Luke Cemetery in Chicago
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This is one i took awhile ago.
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Another photo ceramic.... but from quite a different era
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The following is from the Natchez City Cemetery website:
"Ten-year-old Florence died of yellow fever.
"During her short life she was extremely frightened of storms and whenever one occurred she would rush to her mother to find comfort.
"Upon her death her mother was so struck with grief that she had Florence's casket constructed with a glass window at the child’s head. The grave was dug to provide an area, the same depth of the coffin, at the child’s head, but this area had steps that would allow the mother to descend to her daughter’s level so she could comfort Florence during storms. To shelter the mother during storms, hinged metal trap doors were installed over the area the mother would occupy while at her child’s grave.
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"In the mid 1950s a concrete wall was erected at the bottom of the stairway covering the glass window of Florence’s coffin to prevent vandalism."
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This is in Fairview Cemetery in the town of Superior in Gila County, Arizona.
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Abney Park Cemetery, London.
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Both from Green Cemetery in Woodbury, NJ
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The children of Bathsheba and Avery D. Noyes buried together at Elm Grove Cemetery in Mystic, CT next to their parents.
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couple of the ones I love
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this was taken at the carquinez cemetery in Vallejo, Calif.
David Walker b. 1840 d. Dec 5 1854 accidently shot at age 14 yrs Can anyone please tell me what it says underneath the date of death
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