Last goodbyes: Victorian-era mourning practices subject of Rogers exhibit
Posted: September 4, 2009 at 7:46 a.m.
women Mourners eath was out wore to in a the black open - - and ., up year behaved in certain ways dictated by society. Photos were taken of the departed and sent to loved ones who couldn't attend the funeral. The bereaved, all decked out in black, would have their photos taken as well Notices of one's passing were printed on cards and circulated throughout town. Such were the practices more than 100 years ago.
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