Potter's field
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A potter's field, paupers' grave or common grave is a place for the burial of unknown, unclaimed or poverty-stricken people. The term "potter's field" is of Biblical origin, and refers to Akeldama, wh
The Trench in Potter's Field on Hart Island, New York, circa 1890 by Jacob Riis
Potter's field in Dunn County, Wisconsin
"I come to claim my dead" drawing by William Thomas Smedley, circa 1884
Hart Island
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Hart Island, sometimes referred to as Hart's Island, is located at the western end of Long Island Sound, in the northeastern Bronx in New York City. Measuring approximately 1 mile long by 0.33 miles w
Potter's field
…Golden Gate Cemetery in San Francisco, California, was used from 1870 to 1909, with some 29,000 burials in sections, one of which was a potter's field. Hart Island in the Bronx is New York City's current potter's field and one of the largest cemeteries in the United States, with at least 800,000 burials. Holt…
Aerial view of Hart Island, in 2012
1884 Nautical Chart
Convalescent Hospital on Hart Island, 1877