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Tag Archives: mourning
Mourning Children / Related to Archive Image #2732
A mourning photo showing the friends and siblings of 6 year old Kittie Bennett.
The child’s chair in the center has a funeral wreath with the name “Kittie” on it.
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Mourning Family Holding Archive Image #2624
Quarter-plate daguerreotype of a mourning family holding a post-mortem photo, which is also in our collection! Together, a very rare set of images.
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Instructions for Open Eyes (Archive #2468)
Writing on the back of Archive image #2468, with instructions to the photographer.
“Wanted only the bust picture of the corpse, with opened eyes. She has golden hair and blue eyes”.
Archive members may view the post-mortem image here: Click here to view image (Thanatos.net members only!)
Close-Up of Carte de Visite (Archive #2439)
Close up view of the carte de visite in the little girl’s hand.
View entire ambrotype, as well as a second ambrotype of the girl, by clicking below:
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Mourning Lithograph
Beautiful 1840s mourning lithograph. This is the same lithograph seen behind the woman in the source image.
Girl with Bandaged Throat
A close-up of the dead girl with the bandaged throat.
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