Memento mori photos

Julia Stilley Lynn standing, and sister Hannah Stilley Willard. Mannsville, Oklahoma. Daughters of Alfred & Nancy Ann Stilley.

The dice and the guns weren't the only things loaded in the Old West -- so were many of the men and women.

"Long exposures when taking photographs meant that the dead were often seen more sharply than the slightly-blurred living, because of their lack of movement" - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-36389581 Saved from: https://imgur.com/gallery/se5bp

Death is an imminent phenomenon that occurs no matter how much we put it out of our minds. It is gloomy, shocking, sad, but mostly hopeful. Death is the one

Post-mortem (both children are deceased), 1920s-1930s. So rare to see these pictures taken in the 20th century. It somehow makes them more heartwrenching, if that were possible.

Infinitely more popular than the recently resurrected Horsemaning. No pun intended?

Yesterday, someone at work came across a wonderful album of photos from the 1860s. They took one look and promptly threw it into a bin. Minu...

In Victorian England, 15-20% of children died before their first birthday. In one city, Preston, the year 1844 saw 45% of the city’s total deaths being in children under the age of 5. Many poor families were forced to bury their dead in their own backyards because graveyard space was at a premium (and still […]