[Karma]

Love these pics. Sad but totally captivating. Not only did thet use stands to hold the corpses up, but they painted eyes on closed eyelids too, didn't they! Fascinating. My father in law took a pic of his dead wife and carried it around with him. ( Maybe just to reassure himself she WAS dead!).

[madmonkey]

I managed to find some more! (if any have been posted before then apologies!)

Notice the way the photographer has positioned his arm in order to support the head?

[SwanSong]

Most people took 3 photos in their lives: at birth, when they wed and at death

[TheGuyOnTheWeb]

That is some weird stuff that's for sure. They must of wanted a final photo to cherish, so I get what they are doing.

[butterfly]

Creeps me out

[rick7022]

The kid with the dove toy in his hands got to me poor kid

[Kalopsia]

This was a common practice for the simple fact these were often the ONLY photos that they had of themselves/family. It was rare to have photos of yourself or others back in the day..

[wee_yumi]

I wonder if the parents even grieve given such high infant mortality, or are they just like "oh well -shrug- let's make another one!"

[Spiffyfable]

Stuff like that helped evolve and create what has today become the Modern Day Funeral Director

[Lyndsay]

Now I lay me down to sleep is an organization that takes pictures of mostly newborns that have passed away. They do any age from birth to 18, but most of the time by the time you are 48 hours old you have a ton of pictures already. NILMDTS photographers get a lot of calls. Most of the time you can't even tell the baby has passed.