A brother and sister posing with their dead sibling

A brother and sister posing with their dead sibling

Dalton Gang Left to right:  Bill Power; Bob Dalton; Grat Dalton, Dick BroadwellOctober, 1892 

Dalton Gang 

Left to right:  Bill Power; Bob Dalton; Grat Dalton, Dick Broadwell

October, 1892 

alejandromathe:

Ioana Constantinescu passed away in the autumn of 1909. Cause of death: Suicide by ‘purposeful ingesting large quanities of her own blood.’ - Stated by and concluded the official autopsy and coroners reports.Timișoara, Romania.

alejandromathe:

Ioana Constantinescu passed away in the autumn of 1909. 
Cause of death: Suicide by ‘purposeful ingesting large quanities of her own blood.’ - Stated by and concluded the official autopsy and coroners reports.
Timișoara, Romania.

Sleeping Beauty (1870)

Sleeping Beauty (1870)

Eliza L. Aughe. Died April, 1885.

Eliza L. Aughe. Died April, 1885.

Memento mori is a Latin phrase meaning “Remember you shall die”. In the Victorian era, photography was young and extremely costly. When a loved one died, their relatives would sometimes have a photograph taken of the corpse in a pose – oftentimes with other members of the family. For the vast majority of Victorians, this was the only time they would be photographed.