While most of these images are from the period in which the WF would have stood in Memphis, no Memphian is seen in the pictures. I decided to wait until closer to Halloween for the "creepy" factor, but the art of Memento Mori (loosely translated "Remember your mortality, Remember you will die, or Remember you must die." was an entire genre of art that was of great virtue and grace at the time. Most images were of children...as this was the only image the family would ever have of the child. This all seems quite macabre and maybe taboo to most of us, we must remember the time and place.
WARNING: IF IMAGES OF THE DECEASED DISTURB YOU, PLEASE DO NOT PLAY THE CLIP. IT IS INTENDED FOR HISTORICAL AND EDUCATIONAL VALUE. THE DEEPEST RESPECT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO EACH OF THESE SOULS THROUGH THE BEAUTY OF THIS COLLECTION.
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