Infant No. 1

by Charles Crawford

Uploaded 23 Mar 2008 — 1 favorite

© Charles Crawford

The Berachah Industrial Home, created in 1894, was a place for homeless and unwed girls. Their cemetary is filled with graves of children that did not survive childbirth. This is the marker of the first unnamed infant to be placed here.

In the Beauty in their Sorrow photo essay.

1 response

  • Tiffany Niewohner

    Tiffany Niewohner gave props (24 Aug 2008):

    This makes me so sad. My heart just hurts when I think about this. Great emotional capture!!

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