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Indian mummies found in a cave near the headwaters of the Santiam River,
in the heart of the Cascade Mountains. ca 1899
Mummies in Lead Cellar
Bremen, Germany
cabinet photo
Decapitation Act
cabinet photo
Tragic Occurrence
Horse with broken leg, put down
cabinet photo, W. N. Wheeler, Grand Junction, Colorado
Head of Rameses II
cabinet photo, Emil Bess, Berlin
Mummies in Capuchin Crypt, Rome
cabinet photo, Chamberlain, Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Post Mortum Burn Victim
Note the pugilistic posture
cabinet photo
cabinet photo
Human Skull
with anatomical measurements
cabinet photo
Phineas Gage's Skull
cabinet photo, Ateroth
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Electric Chair
Ohio State Penitentiary
cabinet photo
The Arkansas Stone Baby
cdv by Pullman, Washington, D. C. ca 1880
The Madbury Giant, said to be a Petrified Indian
Found in Madbury, New Hampshire, 1872
cdv, 1872
The Onondaga Giant
Better known as the Cardiff Giant
cdv by C. O. Gott, Syracuse, N. Y.1869
Museum Store Room
Boston, cdv, 1870's
Native American Scalp
Oklahoma Territory, cdv, 1860's
Elongated Skull
Peru, cdv 1880's
Amherst College Museum
"Interior of one of the cabinets" on reverse
"Interior of one of the cabinets" on reverse
cdv by J. L. Lovell, Amherst, Mass. 1870's
Mummy
Lima, Peru, cdv 1880's
Spirit Photograph
cdv by Mummler 1880's
The above cabinet photos are from a set of four different views showing the five mummies found in 1887
Explanation printed on the reverse
Mummified Cat
cdv, American, 1880's
The Skeletons' Carouse
This group is principally formed of those who were compelled to "leave their country, for their country's good." The group has been arraigned by a skillful anatomist and is perfectly correct in all it's details.
The above is from a printed label on the reverse.
Freak Museum note: Does "leave their country , for their country's good" mean executed individuals?
Stereoview, probably British, 1858
Mummified Two Headed Baby
Stereoview, South America ca. 1850's
The Hananuma Masakichi Statue
cabinet photo, Elite Studio, San Francisco
cabinet photo, Elite Studio, San Francisco
This rare cabinet photo shows the statue when on display at San Francisco's Art Saloon.
ca 1890's
Copper Man Mummy
The mummy was on display at the Pan American Exhibition, Buffalo, New York in 1901, where these photos were taken. The American Museum of Natural History now curates this mummy.
For a full and interesting history of this mummy, see: "Forensic Science Advances and Their Application in the Judiciary System, edited by Sapse and Kobilinsky
Dime Museum Mermaid
Stereoview, American
At one time, this mermaid was on exhibit at Hurst & Son's Free Museum, Albany, NY.
Extraordinary Human Skeleton
Stereoview, France
Wax Ethnographic Busts
cdv, European, possibly France, ca 1880's
Blind Quartet
cdv by Hadden, Uniontown, Pa. ca 1880's
Living Headless Chicken
cdv by Chesebro, Toledo, Oh. ca 1880's
This extraordinary photograph shows a
living headless chicken standing by a bottle holding it's preserved head.
cdv by Waldack, Cincinnati, Oh. 1860's
Egyptian Child Mummy from Thebes
Worth's Museum
cdv by Meehan, Boston, Mass.
Egyptian Mummy from Thebes
Worth's Museum
cdv by Meehan, Boston, Mass.
Worth's Museum
cdv by Meehan, Boston, Mass.
Egyptian Mummy from Thebes
Worth's Museum
cdv by Meehan, Boston, Mass.
Male Quintettes
Born at Watertown, Wisc. Feb. 15, 1875
cdv by Hosken, Columbus, Wisc.
This is a rare post mortem of the first quintuplets born in the United States
Excerpt follows
“The
sad couple quietly buried their five sons. But word spread about the
phenomenal birth, and the parents soon feared that their children would
be exhumed by curious body-snatchers. Rumors even circulated that they
had been offered a substantial sum to exhibit the babies in P.T.
Barnum's traveling circus. Uncomfortable with the amount of press they
received and afraid of would-be body snatchers, the parents exhumed the
bodies themselves and placed them in the care of Edward Kanouse's father
and brother, both of whom were doctors.”
“But before their sons' burial Mr. and Mrs. Kanouse had paid a secret visit to the studio of local photographer W.K. Hosken. At Mrs. Kanouse's insistence, Hosken swore that the image captured that day would remain secret. And while he never presented it publically, he did register its copyright. The photograph was re-discovered in the early 1940s, but the final resting place of the five babies has never been ascertained.”
The two signs above the display read
"Casts of Fossils by Illinois Industrial University" and "Henry A. Ward, Rochester N.Y."
American Centennial, Philadelphia
cdv by Centennial Photographic Co.1876
cdv by J. V. Cobb, ca 1870's
cdv, Japan ca 1880's
Note the pugilistic posture of arms
cdv, Italy ca 1880's
cdv, probably American ca 1890's
cdv, Disderi, Paris
hidden mother
cdv, J. Z. Foulf, Hillsboro, Ohio
cabinet photo, Garrett, Bloomington, Ill.
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