Post Mortem Photography

After much research, and finding so many fake post mortem photos, I've edited this board. To the best of my knowledge, they are real pms.
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Victorian post mortem photography may seem strange, but for some families it was their only opportunity to have a memento of their loved one as photography was expensive at the time. Sometimes the dead were posed as if alive and sometimes are of children and babies due to the high death rate among this group at the time. Daguerreotype, Tintype, Post Mortem Pictures, Post Mortem Photography, Head In The Sand, Stranger Things Have Happened, Momento Mori, Antique Pictures, After Life
Victorian post mortem photography may seem strange, but for some families it was their only opportunity to have a memento of their loved one as photography was expensive at the time. Sometimes the dead were posed as if alive and sometimes are of children and babies due to the high death rate among this group at the time.
Perhaps the watch had symbolic meaning? The short time spent on earth? Vintage Photographs, Vintage Photos, Creepy History, Creepy Pictures, Look Alive
Perhaps the watch had symbolic meaning? The short time spent on earth?
An angel named Molly June Victorian Photos, Victorian Era, Mortuary, Infancy, Pre And Post
An angel named Molly June
Nicolka Miminko, stillborn child,   Czech Republic Memento Mori Photography, Grapes Of Wrath, Stillborn, Haunted History
Nicolka Miminko, stillborn child, Czech Republic
Gravestone, Period Dramas, Strange
Einer der Kinder aufgebart Victorian Pictures, The Canterville Ghost, Six Feet Under, Creepy Dolls, Many Faces
Einer der Kinder aufgebart
˙·٠•●♥ Jeannette Huij ♥●•٠·˙
˙·٠•●♥ Jeannette Huij ♥●•٠·˙
Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery  Hillside Illinois  Antonetta Mazzitelli  Sept 26, 1910  April 23 or 27 1919 Fotos Post Mortem, Death Pics, Angels Among Us, Grave Marker
Antonetta by MistressVampy on DeviantArt
Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery Hillside Illinois Antonetta Mazzitelli Sept 26, 1910 April 23 or 27 1919
1850's girl. Vintage Photography, Victorian Photography, Vintage Pictures, Old Pictures, Old Photos
1850's girl.
The oldest of the three sisters. Looks as if the body had begun to purge. She must have died first. Poor little girls. Poor parents. Antique Photos, Old Photography
Antique Photo Album Post Mortem Photography
The oldest of the three sisters. Looks as if the body had begun to purge. She must have died first. Poor little girls. Poor parents.
Beginning in the mid-1800s, post-mortem photography (or memento mori) was a popular way to honor and remember the dead. Most were taken shortly after death, and could look incredibly life-like. Photographs were expensive, so often the post-mortem picture was the only one ever taken of an individual. Families evidently thought it better to have the remembrance than to lose ithe opportunity. Dark Landscape, Nostalgia
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Beginning in the mid-1800s, post-mortem photography (or memento mori) was a popular way to honor and remember the dead. Most were taken shortly after death, and could look incredibly life-like. Photographs were expensive, so often the post-mortem picture was the only one ever taken of an individual. Families evidently thought it better to have the remembrance than to lose ithe opportunity.
Seita Vuorela-Parkkola
Seita Vuorela-Parkkola
Dead Girl Awaiting Cremation at the Funeral Pyres, Calcutta Memento Mori, Wierd Facts, Weird, Famous Outlaws, Funeral Pyre, Gallows Humor
Dead Girl Awaiting Cremation at the Funeral Pyres, Calcutta
Marlen Philip Hostraun,  born june 1, 1888  died jan. 26, 1889 (IMO he looks younger than the almost 8 months old in the description) Book Of The Dead
Antique Photo Album Post Mortem Photography
Marlen Philip Hostraun, born june 1, 1888 died jan. 26, 1889 (IMO he looks younger than the almost 8 months old in the description)
Sweet baby Child Abuse, Horrific, Macabre, World War Two, Wwii, Creepy
Sweet baby
A beautiful post mortem picture of a deceased child. I think late 19th or early 20th century. Deceased Child, The Last Goodbye
Antique Photo Album Post Mortem Photography
A beautiful post mortem picture of a deceased child. I think late 19th or early 20th century.
Post mortem. Boy outside house. circa 1900. Eulogy, Cemeteries
CONFESSIONS OF A FUNERAL DIRECTOR » 18 Examples of Post-mortem Photography
Post mortem. Boy outside house. circa 1900.