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The funeral industry in America emerged after the Civil war as a means of disposing of the countless bodies that were accumulated during the war. [1] Prior to this, care of the sick and recently deceased was largely done at home by women. [1] However, the Civil War led to the need to transport many bodies long distances from their place of ...
Casquette girl. Contemporary engraving depicting the departure of "comfort girls" to the New World. A casquette girl ( French: fille à la cassette) but also known historically as a casket girl or a Pelican girl, [1] was a woman brought from France to the French colonies of Louisiana to marry. [2] [3] The name derives from the small chests ...
Replica of the "good ship" Jeanie Johnston, which sailed during the Great Hunger when coffin ships were common. No one ever died on the Jeanie Johnson. A coffin ship ( Irish: long cónra) is a popular idiom used to describe the ships that carried Irish migrants escaping the Great Irish Famine and Highlanders displaced by the Highland Clearances.
It’s tempting — quite tempting — to look forward to your retirement through rose-colored glasses, to imagine your golden years as an endlessly happy epoch marked by relaxation, fulfillment ...
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The Wisconsin Historic Society has now found what it believes are 11 canoes, all from what was likely an ancient lakeshore, each serving as its own discreet time capsule of sorts. The oldest of ...
Hanging coffins in China are known in Mandarin as xuanguan ( simplified Chinese: 悬 棺; traditional Chinese: 懸 棺; pinyin: xuán guān) which also means "hanging coffin". They are an ancient funeral custom of some ethnic minorities. The most famous hanging coffins are those which were made by the Bo people (now extinct) of Sichuan and Yunnan.
A couple of "magnet fishing" enthusiasts say they pulled up a safe containing an estimated $100,000 (£78,000) from a New York lake. James Kane and Barbie Agostini threw a rope with a magnet into ...