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18-Jan-2025

Mt. Hope Cemetery in Rochester, NY

Per records, she died in 1832 at 1 years old.


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Don Mottershead31-Jan-2025 01:27
Very eovcative.
Alexander Kazakov25-Jan-2025 11:37
Good shot! Sad story! V
Carl Carbone23-Jan-2025 02:21
Always sad too see these stones, but you have given her life once more.
Richard Chu22-Jan-2025 19:54
Excellent contrast! V
Pieter Bos22-Jan-2025 18:54
Well taken and great use of DOF. ~V
globalgadabout22-Jan-2025 15:53
potent and poignant...inspired focus underscores the sadness when such a vulnerable child passes on...V
Marcia Rules22-Jan-2025 14:23
So somber and stark. It has a simplicity that makes one ponder..... BV~
Earl Misanchuk22-Jan-2025 14:10
Evocative photo, especially with the background information. V
Alan K22-Jan-2025 05:42
I'm glad you added that detail. (Sort of... the thought of a poor kid never getting a chance to live her life is incredibly melancholy, a mood that is well captured here. And in 1832, I'm sure she was far from the only 1yo to meet that fate.) But it's a very strange headstone. I doubt that having a name carved out in relief like that would be cheap, but I would have thought a more comprehensive headstone simply chiselled into the stone would cost about the same. With no surnames, no dates... to anyone coming here other than her immediate family, it's not much of a memorial. Even to her extended family the grave would probably be forgotten in a generation.
Dan Greenberg22-Jan-2025 05:28
The compression and shallow DOF really work well together here. Interesting that the headstone for this child doesn't seem to have her last name. Great shot! ~BV~
Helen Betts22-Jan-2025 04:39
Excellent shot, but so very sad. V.
Dallas Hyatt22-Jan-2025 04:33
Great shot! The exposure, framing and DOF are all excellent!
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