7. Sleeping Siblings
When you look at these two youngsters, they appear to just be two adorable siblings posing for a photo. The disturbing part is that this is actually a post-mortem photograph, and the girl with her eyes closed is actually dead. Post-mortem photography was the practice of taking pictures of loved ones after they died.
In the beginning of the life of the camera, photographs were much more difficult and expensive to take. People would often take pictures of their loved ones after they died because it was the only photograph they would ever have of their family member or friend.
The creepiest part is that the living was still forced to lay next to the deceased person after they passed. A lot of post-mortem photography features children because mortality rates used to be a lot higher for children. The picture is seemingly normal, which is good, as they would want the photographed to look alive. But to us, this custom is much more disturbing.
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