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I do not know much about this baby. I know it was a baby brother of my mother.
All the living children of Franziska are mentioned with their name and date of birth.This little boy is not mentioned. I do not know his name or how old he was when he died. If my mother would not have kept this photo I would not have known, that there was another boy. I think my mother only had a photo because nobody knew about him. I think it was a custom to make a photo of a dead child. There is no photo of him when he was alive. I do not know why he died so early.
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What a beautiful Baby, how sad that he died, how sad that nothing is known about him.
ReplyDeleteMan könnte meinen es schläft, das war noch eine gute Sitte damals, die Verstorbenen drei Tage zu Hause zu verabschieden.
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Elfe
So, so sad. And such a beautiful child.
ReplyDeleteHe is a beautuful baby and I am glad a photo was kept. He seems to be very loved for such a photo to be taken. Very sad indeed.
ReplyDeleteis it the baby or the doll that we see? the eyes are opened. if it's his deathbed, it can't be him. if it's him, he sure had fancy beddings. i'm wondering...
ReplyDeleteto know so little if anything at all makes him like a ghost. sad the way some lives are simply erased.
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HUGZ
How tragic. It was a custom to take pictures of deceased children. I don't quite understand it, but without it you wouldn't have known he existed.
ReplyDeleteSo sad -- and so many children died young back then.
ReplyDeletei worked many years at the delivery room, and when we had stillborns or those who died during the procedures, we would take a snapshot for the parents to keep, or if they didn't want it, it remained in the mother's file for them to claim later if they so wished it. if was part of the grieving process, to have a picture and to give the child a name, not to be given to another child later...
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HUGZ
I worked in Labor and Delivery too and some folks didn't even want to see their stillborns and some did. I don't remember ever taking any picture of them. But have swaddled many a sb for the parents to hold and see. That is a beautiful picture.
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What a beautiful little boy. At least now, he's been known by all of us.
ReplyDeleteI've always been fascinated how families took photos of their deceased children. Haunting.
ReplyDeleteI had a funeral photo of my Grandfather laying in his casket. The side of the casket was actually hinged so the picture could be taken. My mom must have toss the photo before she died as I have never retrieved it from the house.
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting what was done at that time of history.
Very sad indeed. Such a short life, but still, in its way, remembered after all these years.
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ReplyDeleteMy mother said that it was her little brother. Oddly I did not inquire about his name or his age. At the time it was not important, as this photo was not real for me and I could not understand it. It was custom to lay out the dead person for three days. The mourners came and said their goodbyes and prayers. It was a consolation for the grieving family. I remember it but I have never been taken to a wake.
A sad image, to be sure. Still, these memento mori sure do give us some insight into what happened and how back then.
ReplyDeleteSo sad. Perhaps you can look for a grave and find his name? What a beautiful child he was.
ReplyDeleteHow sad! There is nothing so sad and unnatural as the death of a child. Beautiful little baby.
ReplyDeleteThese memento mori do remind us of the fragility of life, now and especially before the advent of vaccinations and the medical understanding we have now. Thank you for posting your photo!
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