Death
Speedy Funeral Service
They get your loved ones in the ground in a third of the time!From the Washington Post - Apr 21, 1907.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Oct 27, 2013 -
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Category: Death, 1900s
Community Mausoleums
When people talk about what they'd like to be done with their body after they die, you don't hear many people nowadays say that they'd like to be placed in a community mausoleum. But back in the early twentieth century, there was a push to popularize these as an affordable above-ground alternative to in-the-ground burial.A lot of the old community mausoleums have now fallen into disrepair, but community mausoleum burial still remains an option, if that's what you want.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Oct 24, 2013 -
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Category: Death
Embalming Fluid
Ad from Mortuary Management magazine. Makes me wonder, what would happen if an embalmer didn't feel fully confident? [via Bess Lovejoy]
Posted By: Alex - Sun Oct 20, 2013 -
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Category: Death, Advertising
Abstract Controversy
This painting was commissioned and displayed in a public building in the 1960s. It immediately aroused ire and controversy and disgust. Can you guess why?
Answer after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 20, 2013 -
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Category: Art, Confusion, Misunderstanding, and Incomprehension, Death, Politics, 1960s
Old age to be only cause of death!
Milford Barnes was the Head of the Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine at the University of Iowa from 1930 to 1952. The annual Milford E. Barnes Award for Academic Excellence in Biostatistics was established in his honor. He made this prediction in 1934. Evidently, he was an optimist.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Oct 16, 2013 -
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Category: Authorities and Experts, Death, 1930s, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
Donkey Baseball
Donkey Baseball (which is, as the name implies, baseball played while riding on donkeys) became a popular fad in the 1930s. But it wasn't always fun and games. There was one case of a donkey baseball fatality. In 1934, William Beck fell from his donkey three times in the course of trying to make first base. The fourth time he fell, he fractured his spine and died. [Gettysburg Times - Aug 6, 1934]
Posted By: Alex - Mon Oct 14, 2013 -
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Category: Death, Sports, 1930s
All Over Rain Cover
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Air holes? Who need to breath so long as you're dry?
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 14, 2013 -
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Category: Death, Fashion, Advertising, 1940s, Weather
Cremation and Alkaline Hydrolosis Tour
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 11, 2013 -
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Category: Death, Technology
Medical Student Hijinks
Dissection: Photographs of a Rite of Passage in American Medicine 1880-1930
collects together these unusual medical photographs. Would be a nice coffee table book, if your guests aren't too squeamish. [via Memorias Perdidas] 
Posted By: Alex - Tue Sep 24, 2013 -
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Category: Death
Detect Dangers Before They Happen!
MCP from dath - Tobias Haase on Vimeo.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 06, 2013 -
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Category: Death, History, Humor, 1900s, Cars
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