Nina gets a black ribbon and lace no-prize for bringing Memento Mori, Death and Photography in the Nineteenth Century to our attention. A nice chronicle of the changing customs of grief in the face of one of the most important inventions of the nineteenth century.

Warning: The nineteenth century was the last century of very high infant mortality in the west. Therefore, the subject of many of these pictures (dead children) may be upsetting to some folks. It's not gross, just very, very strange to 21st century eyes.