Halloween Countdown: Antique Coffin Patents

Neato Coolville posted a wonderful roundup of coffin patents, dated 1848 to 1914.

Device to prop up the dead for postmortem photography?

See more here.

Cannot type/talk due to severe illness (all words courtesy of voice software or kind typing helpers)…I read and appreciate all comments…Apologies for not being able to respond.

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2 Responses to “Halloween Countdown: Antique Coffin Patents”

Neta Says:
October 27, 2013 at 7:10 pm

When I go, I so wanna go in one of these! -Nx

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Comment1 Says:
October 27, 2013 at 8:46 pm

This stuff is incredible! What’s that last one about? The Annunciator is for the “not dead” while that last one seems to be for the undead!

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