Under the shade of funeral canopies at historic Elmwood Cemetery, about 20 people sat down to a lunch of comfort food: ham rolls, sliced bread and butter pickles, soft cookies and iced tea. If it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Catherine Gladstone, wife of Prime Minister William Gladstone, in May 1898, the month of his death - Bridgeman If death was big ...

The Victorian era formed many funeral customs and traditions. Phrases like "saved by the bell," "graveyard shift" and "dead ringer," as well as words such as "living room" and "undertaker," emerged ...

LEWISBURG — The Slifer House Museum’s latest exhibit, titled “Gone But Not Forgotten: Death and Mourning in Victorian America,” opened Saturday and will run through the end of October. The exhibit ...

A bouquet of flowers has been a thoughtful gift to give for centuries, but during the Victorian times, it signified much more. The combination of blooms often sent a specific message, which recipients ...

Hal Hirshorn’s “The 1865 Death and Funeral of Seabury Tredwell” (all images courtesy the artist) There were no photographs taken of the 1865 funeral of New Yorker Seabury Tredwell, but there could ...

Marietta’s William Root House is hosting an exhibit this month showcasing the kinds of decor and customs that would have accompanied a funeral during the Victorian era. Visitors to the historic house ...

Source: Carl Rudolph Sohn (1845-1908) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons The Victorian society of the late 1800s was obsessed with death. Queen Victoria set the tone for this after the death of ...