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Cobalt Ontario 1900,s


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V. Dillon 02-Sep-2014 18:18
I personally believe these pictures are an honor for those past. There is nothing wrong with it.
Angelo Martinez 19-Sep-2013 16:19
I enjoy looking at the pictures not for morbid reasons, I think some of them are beautiful and sad at the same time but that's how it was back then. This one guy upset me though calling us idiots for believing the pics were real, he says there's no way a limp dead body could've been on a metal stand because of the weight that it was meant for live people so they could stay still and if we want to see real pics to look at autopsy photos. Anyway I enjoy looking at them I think it's interesting what people did back then, and who r we to judge?
Gregory Sullivan06-Sep-2013 00:34
Thank you all so much for your excellent comments!
I really appreciate them!
Its helps add something to these pages :)
Gregory
Valerie Smith 25-Jul-2013 01:25
To the guest questioning the reason for all the pics...you have to be able to see the love and beauty behind these photos. The world today has made us feel odd about seeing the beauty behind this type of photography. There is nothing at all wrong with being curious, or fascinated, or being able to see the beauty. The reason if you would like one, as I see it, is, these are old rare valuable pieces of history.
Catherine 13-Dec-2012 00:18
Hi, I'm in Australia and how just found your website. I have always been fascinated by antique photography as well as history, and these death portraits are a macabre yet poignant record of history. Whilst confronting by modern 21st century Western culture, we need to keep in mind the nature of the times and the limited opportunity for people to preserve tangible memories of their loved ones. Life was hard, and tragedy by illness or accident was, sadly, a heartbreaking but all too common part of people's lives. I commend you for collecting these archives, and find it a touching tribute to love and lives lost. Thankyou, Catherine (Melbourne)
Guest 27-Jul-2012 18:33
After losing two cousins within two weeks of eachother, I also became fascinated by death and the meaning of life after death, the photos of the children saddens me, but its something I know a little to well where I come from, I find myself becoming obsessed with death and learning about the past and present of it, I have been wanting to become involved with what your doing, maybe it'll help me understand death and how it affects us during and after life
GRToronto 09-Dec-2008 16:02
In answer to an earlier Guest's post concerning the pictures of dead people or children found here; it is important to keep in mind the time and circumstances when such pictures were taken. With the introduction of photography, people in this era not infrequently wanted a last photo to remember their loved ones. For some it might even have been the only photograph ever taken of the person, particularly if it was a child who had died. Photos of bodies held a different significance in the late 19-th and earlier 20th century than such pictures do today. It is not a matter of "fascination" that such pictures were originally produced, nor is it one that they might be re-produced in an archival collection which seeks to reflect the images and attitudes of the time.
Guest 24-Aug-2008 01:45
I dont know, but is strange on how fasinated youre with death. I was browsing and i ended her in your page my curiosoty lead me to your world. Im not making any critizism, but its strange. Just to have so many pic. on dead people children,, What is your reason?