Look at this photo I found.

[Vinca]

Last week I found 3 black and white photos in badly damaged frames at the thrift shop. I think they're by a photographer named Stephen Austin Welch (still waiting for a return email from him to confirm). This one photo - the one I purchased first - really touched me. It's the one I plan to have reframed to keep.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

1. Sleeping on their owners' grave? I'm getting all misty eyed.

Quite a picture.

What's going on with the monument to the left - what are those weird appendages?

[Vinca]

2. It looks like a decrepit iron railing and crumbling post.

That's my best guess anyway. I got misty eyed, too.

[eleny]

3. What are the dimensions? I'm just curious.

It's a great photo!

[Vinca]

4. Overall 11" x 13". I got an email back from the photographer

I thought had taken it and he says it's not his, so the mystery continues.

[eleny]

5. Thanks, that's a great size for framing

It looks like there's an inscription that's visible on the upright stone.

I used to collect old glass negatives and have a local shop scan them to disk for me. I love old photographs. Some, like this one that you found are uniquely heartwarming and this one of yours is like that.