Good lord, didn't this cause the parents huge distress? http://bit.ly/118zRlO
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@PhilosophyExp 2/2 But sometimes funerals were delayed just to get the photographer over to take a picture (ew...).
@maldorora So basically people were just more familiar with death, grief, etc? (Did you study this stuff - or just interested?)
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@PhilosophyExp 2/2 the body would be laid out(hence "funeral parlor").the civil war&industrial age mortality escalated familiarity of death. -
@maldorora Thx. Interesting. If your funeralia collection makes it online, let me know!
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@PhilosophyExp death was a lot closer to home, esp in rural areas. i self-studied&present my mouring/funeralia collection@OaklandCemeteryThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@PhilosophyExp "living room" was a conscious marketing term in the 20th c to designate a place for the living vs the parlor where 1/2Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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