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   From: lindat5@mindspring.com   
      
   On Mon, 10 May 2004 03:02:47 UTC, "Steve Grimm"    
   wrote:   
      
   > The pictures were also "proof" they killed the person so if any reward money   
   was due, they could collect the reward money.  This was   
   > needed if the railroad, bank or Pinkertons were offering the reward.   
   >   
      
   Also, the Victorians had a far different view of death   
   than we do.  They were more accepting of it, lived closer   
   to it.  Wakes were more often held in a family's parlor   
   than at a Funeral Home.   
      
   LT   
      
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