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Hilmer Danielson’s funeral in South Dakota. Hilmer’s death certificate said he
died of “boils”. His very striking premortem / deathbed photo can be viewed on
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One of two, early-1860s quarter-plate tintype photos of an older, well-dressed man.
A lock of his white hair is carefully folded up in a piece of paper inside of the case.
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Circa 1870 CDV of Jane & Alicita, whose 1874 grave marker can be seen at the link below:
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Quarter-plate, circa 1858 ambrotype. A second post mortem photo of this same little boy
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Top photo: “Dear Little Hands” poem found behind the post mortem photo of 5-month-old Charles Gibbud, who died in 1855.
Bottom photo: A current day photo of the family grave, courtesy of FindAGrave.
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Embossed funeral card for a little girl who died in Lambeth, England in 1875. Her older sister died the following month.
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