The Morthouse

From Morbid Anatomy: A coin-operated automaton, likely from the 1920s, of a mortuary, complete with corpses on tables, busy morticians, and mourners bobbing their heads. Click through to see more pictures.

Image source: Skinner Auctioneers, via Morbid Anatomy.

• May 16 2012 | 158 Notes - Read More →
• Tags: historyantiquesauctionsbusinessautomatons1920sdeathmortuarysciencetechculture

1. fabulousmeimei reblogged this from pr4villains
2. fantomenocturne likes this
3. pr4villains reblogged this from theossuary
4. mrianmbelcurry likes this
5. sideview reblogged this from jardinperdido
6. jardinperdido reblogged this from gethustle
7. velvetrazorwire reblogged this from amaki09
8. aurasandlevitations reblogged this from memoryepsilon
9. truecriminal likes this
10. inhumation reblogged this from petechia-and-petrichor
11. petechia-and-petrichor reblogged this from theossuary
12. the-bronze-foot reblogged this from bowlingwallmeat
13. spitecho likes this
14. bowlingwallmeat reblogged this from sunshine-and-chocolate
15. bowlingwallmeat likes this
16. sunshine-and-chocolate reblogged this from theossuary
17. sylliwabbit reblogged this from theossuary
18. i-like-autumn reblogged this from lostinhistory and added:

    Have I ever mentioned my love of freaky automatons? No? Well I just did.

19. lostinhistory reblogged this from theossuary
20. da-finker likes this
21. ljspillowbook reblogged this from theossuary
22. chood8131 reblogged this from theossuary
23. egaines973 reblogged this from theossuary
24. rwaller reblogged this from theossuary
25. kailashmultimedia reblogged this from memoryepsilon
26. kailashmultimedia likes this
27. eblankenship reblogged this from theossuary
28. mexicanthighs reblogged this from dirtyteeth
29. dirtyteeth reblogged this from bomboncito
30. erussell9383 reblogged this from theossuary
31. mbeck889 reblogged this from theossuary
32. dieu-trahi reblogged this from thecallgirlofcthulhu and added:

    Hey, I’d totally have this in my bar.

33. dieu-trahi likes this
34. hiptothebullhiptothelies reblogged this from somethinglikeannmarie
35. somethinglikeannmarie reblogged this from brittanyging
36. brittanyging reblogged this from theossuary
37. niczka reblogged this from theossuary
38. themagicalari reblogged this from weburyoursecrets
39. themagicalari likes this
40. weburyoursecrets reblogged this from bomboncito
41. mzmew reblogged this from bomboncito
42. jlindsey3200 reblogged this from theossuary
43. sarnold5097 reblogged this from theossuary
44. deadgnats reblogged this from scrotumcoat
45. eratliff7929 reblogged this from theossuary
46. acote6592 reblogged this from theossuary
47. snow-like-ash reblogged this from theossuary
48. rschwartz6708 reblogged this from theossuary
49. memoryepsilon reblogged this from theossuary
50. una-voce reblogged this from wittynonsense
51. Show more notesLoading...

Skeletons, mummies, bog bodies, exhumations. The dead, and what happens to them.

Tweet

Categories:
Meet This Dead Person
Feats of Preservation
Skulls and Skeletons
Bog Bodies
Mummies
Ossuaries and Bone Architecture
Incorruptibles and Saintly Relics
Exhumations
When Famous People Die
When Dead People Turn to Soap
Skeletons in Clothes
Dead People Sitting, Standing, or
     Made to Look Alive
Postmortem Photography
Death in Art
Death Masks
Crime
Suicide
Disease
War
Hearses
Executions
Accidents and Disasters
Funerals
Morgues, Funeral Homes, and the
     Business of Death
Mourning Customs and Imagery
Handling, Disposing of, and Storing
     the Dead
Posthumous Travels and
     (mis)Adventures
Cemeteries and Graveyard Scenes
Personal Details and Opinions
Personal Favorites
Just Plain Weird or Uncategorizable

About This Site
Sites I Like
Ask or Say or Both
Archive

My Elsewheres:
Slight Perceptual Problem
Old-Timey Cats
Old & Welsh

• HighFashion Theme by Michael Pierce
• Powered by Tumblr