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A Victorian-era photograph of parents posing with their dead daughter. It was a custom in that era, before people could quickly travel great distances to attend funerals, to photograph the dead so their loved ones could see them as they were before burial.

Source: private collection


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current23:41, 9 November 2014Thumbnail for version as of 23:41, 9 November 2014527 × 746 (68 KB)Lomita (talk | contribs)Suppression cadre
16:43, 19 August 2005Thumbnail for version as of 16:43, 19 August 2005575 × 800 (84 KB)Cathytreks (talk | contribs)typical victorian era photo showing a family with their now dead daughter, as was the custom in that era before burial, most sad. Source: private collection {{PD}} Category:funeral rites and customs\

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