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A family found a Victorian child buried under their garage. πŸ•―οΈ
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A family found a Victorian child buried under their garage. πŸ•―οΈ

A family found a Victorian child buried under their garage. πŸ•―οΈ . . . In May 2016, contractors renovating a home on Rossi Avenue in San Francisco lifted the concrete floor and uncovered a 37-inch cast iron casket with a glass window. Inside lay 2-year-old Edith Howard Cook, dressed in white lace, holding a rose, perfectly preserved since 1876. Her cemetery had been relocated in the 1930s. She was left behind.

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