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George Henry Williams

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of a portrait of George Henry Williams (deceased child at 18 months), son of Henry C. and Diana T. Williams, and may be the cousi...
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Small Girl in Coffin

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Description: Small girl in a casket which is standing upright against a wall. There is a man standing on the left nearby.
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Body in Coffin

Date: 06 30 1927
Description: View towards a body in a coffin in a home with a "Mother" floral arrangement. A cloth in front of a religious kneeler in front of the coffin reads: "IHS."
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Anatomy Lab

Date: 1900
Description: Cadavers are laid out on gurneys in a sky-lit anatomy lab at Rush Medical College.
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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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Deceased European American Woman

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Description: Interior view of a European American woman lying on a bed near a window with her hands on her chest. Probably a corpse on her deathbed. A framed painting i...
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Deceased European American Man

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Description: European American man layed out on a lounging sofa, dressed in a suit. Probably a corpse lying in state.
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Dissection Class

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Description: Panoramic view of Roy Van Schaick's dissection class, probably at Marquette University. Only one woman is present. The other thirteen people are men. Five ...
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Cabinet of Skulls

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Description: View of a wood and glass cabinet full of human skulls arranged on shelves. Probably photographed by Charles Van Schaick.
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Deathbed Scene

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Description: Illustration drawing of a European deathbed scene around 1850.
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Deathbed Scene

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Description: Illustration drawing of a European deathbed scene around 1870. The drawing features a woman lying in a canopied bed and grieving loved ones.
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Funeral for a Child

Date: 1902
Description: Group standing outdoors in the yard of a small clapboard church at the funeral of a small child. The child's white coffin, surrounded by mourners, stands o...
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An Infant; Post Mortem

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Description: Indoor portrait of an infant post mortem, lying in a bassinet.
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Post-Mortem Portrait of a Man

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Description: Interior postmortem portrait of a dead man lying on a bed in a room.
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View of an Autopsy

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Description: View of a group of men at an autopsy. They stand around the cadaver with open books in their hands. There appears to be another cadaver in the foreground.
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 45

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Description: The house was smaller than its legendary fill of righteousness
The author knelt before the scratched and wintered argument
to learn that Grace, in an...

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