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Ross Brown @wolfesghost.bsky.social

In hearing a discussion about death photos in Appalachia, this idea of having no other memories come up. It may seem ghastly today, but taking a photo of a loved one in their coffin was going to be the last photo you get, and it may be the only photo you get of that individual.

aug 28, 2025, 2:25 pm • 0 0

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Ross Brown @wolfesghost.bsky.social

We have at least one in our possession, a cousin who died hundreds of miles away, so the rest of the family couldn't be there for the visitation/funeral. So someone took a photo and sent it so everyone had that last image to remember him by.

aug 28, 2025, 2:26 pm • 0 0 • view