June 11, 2015

1880s post mortem of little boy

By C.E. Ryan

Post mortem CDV

Little boy post mortem CDV

Most of the time I’d rather post happy pictures, but this one tugged at the heart. A friend of mine said “doesn’t he look peaceful?”

This boy was loved. The way they placed his body, as if he’s asleep.

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Photographer: De Lamater Photo. 258 Main Street. Hartford. Connecticut.

This entry was posted on Thursday, June 11th, 2015 at 9:46 pm and tagged with 1880s-1890s, Connecticut, Hartford, post-mortem, USA and posted in Boys, CDVs. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

2 responses to “1880s post mortem of little boy”

summertime75
June 12th, 2015 at 4:47 am

It is a little morbid but I can understand the need to have that last picture as a treasured possession and I’m sure that it wasn’t parted with lightly.

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- bowlersandhighcollars
  June 12th, 2015 at 5:15 am
  
  No, and that’s the saddest inevitability of human mortality. I should stop now before I get too philosophical. :-p
  
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