In this dark era, photographing the dead was as common as bringing flowers to a funeral. In fact, when a family member died, the first step was not to seek out a coroner or a mortician, because there were more pressing matters to attend to. read more
These days, we have pretty traditional funerals replete with church services, hymns, and visitors of all times – but you wouldn’t be caught dead with a camera in a funeral. Victorian times were a bit different. In this dark era, people didn’t call for the coroner after a loved one died.THEY CALLED FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHER FIRST. read more
Bodies where collected in the streets and taken to a grave yard. If to many people died in the plague bodies would be buried together. read more