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The King of Terrors
Gone are the living, but the dead remain
Epitaph on the grave of B.P. Roberts
The catacombs of Paris proved to be a partial solution to the city’s overcrowded churchyards
STORIES TOLD IN STONE
THE SENTIENT CORPSE
THE FAMOUS ANTOINE WIERTZ PAINTING OF A CHOLERA VICTIM WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY BURIED PREMATURELY – IT WAS A COMMON NIGHTMARE OF THE TIME
TWO ILLUSTRATIONS SHOWING HOW THE COFFINS COULD BE USED TO PREVENT THE CUSTOMER’S PREMATURE BURIAL
A NATION OF SUFFERING
DURING THE CIVIL WAR, AMERICANS EXPERIENCED DEATH IN WAYS THEY NEVER IMAGINED – AND WERE CHANGED FOREVER
A YOUNG GIRL IN A MOURNING DRESS, HOLDING A PHOTOGRAPH OF HER SLAIN CAVALRYMAN FATHER
FOR FAMILIES THAT COULD AFFORD THE SERVICE, EMBALMING COULD BE DONE RIGHT AFTER THE BATTLE, SO THE BODIES OF THE DEAD COULD BE SHIPPED HOME
MARY LINCOLN WAS BROKEN BY HER HUSBAND’S DEATH AND SPENT THE REST OF HER LIFE IN MOURNING
THE LINCOLN FUNERAL TRAIN
ROBERT LINCOLN IN 1865
MODERN TECHNIQUES HAVE ALLOWED A CLOSER VIEW OF THE PRESIDENT’S FACE, WHICH WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO VIEWERS OF THE PHOTOGRAPH IN 1865
THE LINCOLN FUNERAL PROCESSION IN COLUMBUS, OHIO
THE PRESIDENT’S FUNERAL SERVICES IN CHICAGO
THE ILLINOIS STATE CAPITOL BUILDING IN SPRINGFIELD, WHERE LINCOLN’S BODY LAY IN STATE BEFORE THE FUNERAL
WHEN VISITS OF CONDOLENCE WERE PAID, ALL GUESTS WERE REQUIRED TO ENTER SILENTLY, AND MEN ALWAYS REMOVED THEIR HATS
A VICTORIAN WOMAN DRESSED FOR MOURNING
SUFFER THE CHILD
FROZEN CHARLOTTE
Remembrance Through
FIRST KNOWN POSTMORTEM PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH ROYAL BY ARTIST JOSEPH BADGER, 1747
POSTMORTEM TINTYPE OF CHILD DEAD FROM DEHYDRATION, CIRCA 1885
FACES OF THE DEAD
THE BEAUTIFICATION OF DEATH
THE FIRST CREMATORY IN THE UNITED STATES, LOCATED IN WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA
THE HIGH COST OF DYING
IT’S YOUR FUNERAL
CRYONICS CHAMBER
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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