Really. Wow. I think what is really sad is the fact that these pictures meant something to someone and now they are going to who ever, we can only hope that they end up in a descendents home some where down the line. Rene' -------Original Message------- From: Tom Buffington Date: 1/21/2007 11:12:54 AM To: Rene'; nydelawa@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] photos of the dead Actually, if you look on EBay, these types of photos are big sellers, I've seen them go for big money. Go figure. On 1/21/07, Rene' <rtreff@stny.rr.com> wrote: I've heard a couple of different explanations, one that the pictures were taken because someone wasn't there and they wanted to send the picture to them, and another because they just didn't have any pictures of that person, so they did it at death. I have to say when I saw the picture of my great uncle as a kid, I thought how gross and I really couldn't look at it, but now as an adult, I see the value in it. We don't have that many pictures of family from the early 1900 s, so even one taken at death gives a little more insight to a family that I never knew. I'm not sure how many of you looked at the sites that I sent, but there is one picture of a young woman whose mother couldn't bear to part with her, the picture was taken 9 days after death, she was posed sitting in a chair. That is what amazes me, the lengths that people went to, to have these pictures taken. Rene' -------Original Message------- From: Patty Gaddis Date: 1/20/2007 10:36:19 PM To: Rene'; nydelawa@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] photos of the dead There is supposedly a family photo somewhere of my grandmother's sister in the casket. Supposedly she died in childbirth and the photo is of her and the baby. No one seems to know what happened to it any more. This was taken in 1939 in Springfield, IL. We always thought it was taken because my grandmother, living in California, couldn't attend the funeral. Patty To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi again, I think this should be a lesson to all to make sure that photos are identified. My wife inherited a house in Franklin and there were boxes of great old photos that had no names, dates etc. This included cabinet cards, photos of children, houses etc. They should be going to some family members but we have no clues so they'll end up in some strangers collection I guess. On 1/21/07, Rene' <rtreff@stny.rr.com> wrote: > > Really. Wow. > > I think what is really sad is the fact that these pictures meant something > to someone and now they are going to who ever, we can only hope that they > end up in a descendents home some where down the line. > > Rene' > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Tom Buffington > Date: 1/21/2007 11:12:54 AM > To: Rene'; nydelawa@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] photos of the dead > > Actually, if you look on EBay, these types of photos are big sellers, I've > seen them go for big money. Go figure. > > > On 1/21/07, Rene' <rtreff@stny.rr.com> wrote: > I've heard a couple of different explanations, one that the pictures were > taken because someone wasn't there and they wanted to send the picture to > them, and another because they just didn't have any pictures of that > person, > so they did it at death. > > I have to say when I saw the picture of my great uncle as a kid, I thought > how gross and I really couldn't look at it, but now as an adult, I see the > value in it. We don't have that many pictures of family from the early > 1900 > s, so even one taken at death gives a little more insight to a family that > I > never knew. > > I'm not sure how many of you looked at the sites that I sent, but there is > one picture of a young woman whose mother couldn't bear to part with her, > the picture was taken 9 days after death, she was posed sitting in a > chair. > That is what amazes me, the lengths that people went to, to have these > pictures taken. > > Rene' > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Patty Gaddis > Date: 1/20/2007 10:36:19 PM > To: Rene'; nydelawa@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] photos of the dead > > There is supposedly a family photo somewhere of my grandmother's sister in > the casket. Supposedly she died in childbirth and the photo is of her and > the baby. No one seems to know what happened to it any more. This was > taken in 1939 in Springfield, IL. We always thought it was taken because > my grandmother, living in California, couldn't attend the funeral. > > Patty > > > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >