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To: miss marmelstein; i88schwartz
***Sadly, in the 19th century, people took photos of their dead babies to try to remember and memorialize them.***
14 posted on 01/02/2012 3:24:49 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

What the hell is that?

I’ve seen photos of poor little babies dead of cholera (at a museum in New Orleans) propped up in bed, photographed by their parents as a remembrance.

Every century has its eccentricities and rituals. One can only imagine what future generations will think of us!


19 posted on 01/02/2012 3:28:04 PM PST by miss marmelstein
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