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Originally Posted by bettyaggro ↗

Which one is dead in 25? Usually it's the one not looking at the camera but I can't tell in this one.

If you question whether or not a photo is post mortem, it isn't a post mortem photo. It is a myth that the Victorians posed, propped and painted the dead to appear alive. True Victorian post mortem photos were rare, but quite obvious with the decedent lying in repose in a bed or coffin.

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Originally Posted by Tiffany32 ↗

#26 both are alive ! No doubt about it !

There are only two post mortem photos in this compilation.

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Originally Posted by pinkyziolk ↗

Look at the discoloration in their hands. I think they are both dead

It is a myth that the Victorians posed,propped and painted the dead to appear alive. There are two post mortem photos in this compilation, the obvious two. If you question whether or not a photo is post mortem, it isn't a post mortem photo.

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Originally Posted by mongoose777 ↗

Pretty interesting what went on back then.
It is creepy in a sense.

It didn't go on back then, in this manner. Only two of these are post mortem photos. True Victorian post mortem photos were rare, but quite obvious, with the decedent lying in repose in a bed or coffin.

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Originally Posted by honeysprite ↗

I've been a fan of these pics for years and I always find them haunting yet beautiful. This is an amazing collection that had a few I've never seen before. Thank you!

Don't you wonder how they managed to make the dead look so alive? They look alive because they are. Only two of these photos are post mortem.

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Originally Posted by Chrissy1313 ↗

I've always been fascinated by the mother holding the baby with the white dress. It's the sixth picture from the bottom up. The mother's the one who's dead. So sad!

That isn't a post mortem photo. You can't sit a corpse upright like that, and certainly can't put a baby on the lap of a corpse.

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Originally Posted by Shakey ↗

Some of these look over-ripe.

Only two are post mortem, so definitely not over-ripe.

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Originally Posted by suzie2001 ↗

me too, guess thats the one whose had his eyes painted over....

They didn't paint eyes. That is a myth of many. Only 2 of these photos are post mortem.

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Originally Posted by coco-noptik ↗

grotesk images

Only two photos are post mortem.

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Originally Posted by Cinnamon_Glow ↗

A trick for finding out who's dead and who's alive: The dead person seems to usually be the clearest in the picture. Probably due to not moving much.

Totally false. It's super easy to figure out who is deceased, because they would be lying in repose in a bed or coffin.