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A sadly typical victorian era photo showing a family posed with their now post mortem daughter, it was a custom in that era just before burial, and while it is most sad, yet it is also an understandable custom of that era in time before people could travel great distances in a quick or timely fashion for a loved ones funeral as is possible today, so at least this way ones relatives from afar, could see the beloved deceised person one last time before burial, all via a well posed photograph.

Source: private collection


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current16:43, 19 August 2005575×800 (84 KB)Cathytreks (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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