This video explores the unsettling practice of post-mortem photography in the Old West. Families often posed deceased loved ...
Popular during the Victorian era, post-mortem photographs provided family members with an opportunity to capture a lasting likeness of their deceased loved ones. In one case, a young child passed ...
NEWBURYPORT — The Museum of Old Newbury invites the public to a special illustrated lecture, “Secure the Shadow: Spirit & Post-mortem Photography in the 19th Century,” on Saturday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m., ...