Photo courtesy Rscott04101
The shared grave of Annie Florence Brigham (b. April 22, 1866) and Alice Brigham (b. April 21, 1864) both of whom died of scarlet fever in 1868 (Alice on May 29, Annie on June 17). The sisters are buried at Main Street Cemetery in Hudson, Massachusetts. If you are an Archive member, a stereoview photo of their grave as it appeared in 1868 is available: Thanatos Archive members
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Original funeral invite for Joel Allen, who came to California and worked as a miner during the Gold Rush.
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Photo credit: Loretta Hoover, 2012.
The grave of Edith Frazee, who died of typhoid fever in 1912. Her father died of the same illness two days later. Edit’s post mortem photo can be seen on our subscription site, here: Thanatos Archive members
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1930s snapshots. Thanatos Archive membership options @ http://www.thanatos.net/membership
6″ celluloid over tin button (“medallion”) produced by the Columbia Medallion Co in the early-1900s. This medallion was intentionally darkened by Columbia in order to hide the baby’s father who was crouched down to the left. A second photo in our collection clearly showing the father can be viewed [ here ]. If you are logged into your Archive account you will be taken directly to the image *** If you are not yet a member and would like access to our entire collection [ please subscribe here ].
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Close-up view of the St. Louis boy, quarter-plate daguerreotype, circa 1855.
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Half-plate post mortem photo in in 12″ x 11″ gesso wall frame. Archive subscribers can click the following link to view a close up, very detailed shot of the post mortem, hosted in our member section. Non-members, please subscribe to the Archive at www.thanatos.net/membership
Stained glass memorial window dedicated to the memory of two sisters that were given identical names.
The window is (or was) located at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia where they were buried, however in 1858 the girls were moved to Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, for some unknown reason.
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