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Colorful celluloid & tin memorial plaque (8″ x 6″) for a man named Eddie Hayes, who died in 1925. From our Mourning & Memorial section. Get Thanatos Archive subscriptions here.

Sixth-plate daguerreotype, 1850s.
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A newspaper account of the 1883 murder. Click to enlarge.

The extremely rare post mortem cabinet photo of the entire family laid out in bed is part of The Thanatos Archive Collection, and will be added to the members’ section of our website on Friday, June 25 *** In the meantime, you can view our collection and support our work by getting your own Thanatos Archive membership.

The grave of William Nutter, as it appeared in January of 2019. Photo credit: Feniscowles.
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Tinted Post Mortem Daguerreotype, 6th Plate

The note found behind the children’s post mortem photo

Altha’s Grave, Close-up (All grave photos credit: Barb Destromp)

Henry’s grave, close-up

Siblings who died on the same day of diphtheria. Their post mortem photo is here (Thanatos Archive Members). Not an Archive member? See these subscription options:

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Silver plated memorial for Charles Henry Scott, with his photo (c.1869 CDV). Charles was a brakeman for Connecticut Railroad.. on August 25, 1870, he slipped and fell between two train cars and was crushed to death. This happened the day before his 26th birthday. Below is a photo of his grave, located in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Photo credit: Bill Bourbeau, 2015. <> Please remember to support our website and our work with a Thanatos Archive membership! 

 

Closer view of the die cut and embossed memorial for 8 month old John Edwin Booth. 

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A family photo album containing many photos of a woman and her family, with a braid of her hair inside of the album’s cover. The two images shown with the album are a portrait of the woman, taken only a few weeks before her death, and a photo of the woman with her husband and six children. Less than a year after the family portrait above was taken, the woman and the two youngest children would all be dead. Another child died in infancy several years earlier.

The death photos of all three children can before seen in our Archive (members only!): [ Photo 1 ] [ Photo 2] [ Photo 3 ].

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