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07-25-2013, 12:59 AM
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Producer
Producer
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 7,922
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Quote:
Originally Posted by majestic1
Thats nothing, it was quite common in the Victorian era to have family photos taken with the recently deceased, especially infants as the mortality rate was very high during those days, they would stand up the corpse using a rig that was hidden from view to make them look alive.
It was called post-Mortem photography
Be warned these are some of the creepiest pics you are ever likely to see and may be upsetting for some, what has been seen cannot be unseen.
http://io9.com/the-strangest-traditi...mort-472772709
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Yeah, some very creepy images. It's pretty wild that this was such an accepted practice for so long. Pretty macabre.
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07-25-2013, 01:02 AM
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#12
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Love me sexy
Adamantium Plus Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Awe-strail-ya
Posts: 10,645
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Quote:
Originally Posted by snappahead
So...why are the moms covered again? I don't get it.
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I suppose there's always the possibility that some of them look like this
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07-25-2013, 01:04 AM
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#13
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Look out for #1. Don't step in #2 either.
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Tampa Bay Area
Posts: 1,083
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Originally Posted by Nidgit
I suppose there's always the possibility that some of them look like this
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Or even this
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07-25-2013, 03:38 AM
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The Thunderbolts
Join Date: May 2010
Location: In a World of my own.
Posts: 5,188
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Mothers dressed like that is a common sight in the UK nowadays.
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07-25-2013, 09:26 AM
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Gen 13
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Where the Sun doesn't shine
Posts: 9,587
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Quote:
Originally Posted by snappahead
So...why are the moms covered again? I don't get it.
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Fugly
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08-06-2013, 11:35 AM
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#16
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Giganta
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: In a country where inequality, oppression, corruption & racism reigns supreme
Posts: 18,824
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Quote:
Originally Posted by majestic1
Thats nothing, it was quite common in the Victorian era to have family photos taken with the recently deceased, especially infants as the mortality rate was very high during those days, they would stand up the corpse using a rig that was hidden from view to make them look alive.
It was called post-Mortem photography
Be warned these are some of the creepiest pics you are ever likely to see and may be upsetting for some, what has been seen cannot be unseen.
http://io9.com/the-strangest-traditi...mort-472772709
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I've seen some of them on the internet before but I'm to chicken to hit that link
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08-06-2013, 03:00 PM
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The Enchantress
Join Date: May 2008
Location: caught somewhere in time
Posts: 13,725
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they can't be worse than that woman in the green tanktop
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