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malaise

(268,885 posts) Fri May 13, 2016, 07:53 PM May 2016

Memento Mori - 18 Creepy Post-Mortem Photos From The Victorian Era [View all]

http://www.oddee.com/item_98883.aspx

When photography was a new art form, it was expensive and the process was laborious. Post-mortem photos or memento mori (Latin for "remember that you will die&quot

were often the only time a person was photographed. Check out these 18 examples of memorial photos from the Victorian age.

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Some are sad like the parents who could let their daughter go and kept her for nine days.
Must have been winter or they had a lot of ice

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Memento Mori - 18 Creepy Post-Mortem Photos From The Victorian Era [View all] malaise May 2016 OP

I often forget how sharp_stick May 2016 #1

Yep malaise May 2016 #4

Wow, Edgar Allan Poe is in there. rug May 2016 #2

Couldn't believe it either malaise May 2016 #3

"Memento Mori" definition was just a question on Jeopardy. (I did not know it) virgogal May 2016 #5

That's why I posted this - heard it on Jeopardy malaise May 2016 #6

That's because it was a "trophy picture" taken just after being killed by Union troops Ex Lurker May 2016 #9

Thanks for that malaise May 2016 #11

I didn't make the connection to "Bloody Bill". BillZBubb May 2016 #26

Creepy, yet interesting. smirkymonkey May 2016 #7

Interesting nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #8

Agree re the art form but what is process stuff? malaise May 2016 #16

Photo shop nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #21

OK I get it malaise May 2016 #27

What do you imagine to be processed here? synergie May 2016 #22

Labs was the processing of the age nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #23

So, what were saying was processed here, and which photos were you warning the OP synergie May 2016 #31

Miss it of course not surprised nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #32

Wisconsin Death Trip cali May 2016 #10

Very interesting malaise May 2016 #12

I think you'd find this book fascinating, mal cali May 2016 #14

This tells me a lot about Lesy malaise May 2016 #19

It's interesting how many people treestar May 2016 #13

Technology rules malaise May 2016 #15

Yep. A newborn a few hours old has likely already been photographed several times more treestar May 2016 #17

Not just photographed malaise May 2016 #28

The dead made good subjects back then. They didn't move during the long exposure time required. KittyWampus May 2016 #18

A profound post but it's not just Americans malaise May 2016 #20

In related matter, Buddy RICH's last words: "Is there anything you can't take?" --"Country music" UTUSN May 2016 #24

Haven't seen many of these malaise May 2016 #25

If you dont know about this MFM008 May 2016 #29

I'm always fascinated by life in old days JI7 May 2016 #30

This actually still goes on in some countries, at least before the ubiquity of smartphones. synergie May 2016 #33