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oldwest undertakers building
Here is a break from ships and cars and other things. As soon as it is done I will add it to the downloads. It is an old west style undertakers building with wood working workshop for coffin making. I will make it in 1/72 scale but it can easily be rescaled for your old west town. It will come with a couple of itty bitty coffins. Empty.
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I think almost every town had an undertaker. In rural Missouri today, almost any town with 200 people still has a funeral home, and that's with automobiles that make distances shorter time wise.
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I don't know if you've seen this photo or not, CT. Embalming Without Odor: 1864 | Shorpy Historical Photo Archive
It might give you some ideas for signage if you don't already have something in mind.
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... thank you Don, for the information - a wonderful link to all the old pictures;
Corey, think positive! With lovely greetings the Wilfried |
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Yes wilfried, isn't that a great site? I can get lost in the aviation and WWII sections.
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As an Embalmer I can tell you of some of the methods employed in those times.
The early work tended to be done with paraffin and/or (at times mixed with) various waxes for exterior looks, whilst the internals were often treated with solutions derived from arsenic. One of the alternative treatments, namely "plasmids" became banned: simply because they could with as much ease be employed in a still living body as in a recently deceased one. Later, when Formaldehyde (aka Formalin) was employed, the entire process became much safer for all concerned. The fact of keeping the relatives (and general public) from contracting whatever disease the deceased may have had was one of the major concerns, and benefits of embalming a deceased body. To have a model as a reminder of those earlier times is both interesting, and educational. Kind and Respectful Regards my friends, Uyraell.
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Looking forward to another of your great old west buildings, Corey!
Wyvern |
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Finally got back to this. Too many irons in the fire but it is coming along. Still trying to decide on the art for the front. A lot of good ideas have been suggested. The model will also inclose a bit of interesting (if morbid) history on the "art" of embalming and it's rapid expansion during and after the Civil War. In 1882 the name "Undertaker" was officially replaced by "funeral Director" by those in the business, but picture evidence shows that out west "undertaker" was still the term used well into the 1890s. So off to Gimp to make a creepy sign!
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How about "M. Balm's Restful Funeral Parlor"? Maybe a catchy slogan beneath: "For the Rest of Your Life".
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Very neat! Perhaps ...."M. Balm's Restful Funeral Parlor". Slogan: "For Rest in Your Afterlife". Respectfully offered suggestion. If I can help with descriptions of equipment and instruments employed in embalming I'm more than happy to help via PM ... some details wouldn't do to be published in a publically open thread. Kind and Respectful Regards my friends, Uyraell.
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