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.
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2 responses to “Halloween Countdown: Antique Coffin Patents”
When I go, I so wanna go in one of these! -Nx
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!