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Elderly Man

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Description: A portrait of a seated elderly man dressed in a white gown. Probably a corpse, the body is held in position by another man.
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Deceased Man on Bed

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Description: Portrait of a deceased man lying in state on a bed.
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Staged Scene of Dying Man

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Description: An actor playing a dying or dead man surrounded by a small group of people, including men, women and children. The image was staged at Harry Dankoler's pho...
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Family with Portrait

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Description: Seven members of the Fragon family sitting and standing for a portrait around a framed painting of a young man, possibly a deceased family member. An older...
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Corpse of an Elderly Man

Date: 1918
Description: Corpse of an elderly man laid out in his coffin with floral decorations.
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Medical Students and Cadaver

Date: 1896
Description: Group of medical students (?) and instructor (?) posed around a cadaver. Presented by Dr. John G. Meachem III of Racine, Wis. Probably a dissection class a...
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Man Holding Deceased Infant

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Description: Interior of a room with a European-American man posing sitting and holding a deceased small European-American girl holding a flower in her lap. One either ...
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Man in a Chair

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Description: View of a man sitting in a wicker rocking chair with a newspaper across his lap. His eyes are partially open. He is either sleeping or deceased. In the bac...

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