Like a lot of daughters, Victoria Ramirez says her dad was always there for her. “He was my first best friend. He was my world,” Ramirez said, adding, “He gave us a lot of memories. They’re all I live ...

Catherine Gladstone, wife of Prime Minister William Gladstone, in May 1898, the month of his death - Bridgeman If death was big business to the Victorians, they were only following the lead of their ...

Oct. 2—From black-draped cloths over mirrors to an old wooden coffin resting on a stand in the hallway, the mourning period of the Victorian era is now on full display at Merrehope. Back for its ...

From the archives of London’s V&A Museum, a selection of items that were used by Victorian-era mourners to remember and pa ...

Source: Carl Rudolph Sohn (1845-1908) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons The Victorian society of the late 1800s was obsessed with death. Queen Victoria set the tone for this after the death of ...

WASHINGTON, DC — A funeral service is being held this weekend in Washington, DC for the penny. Mourners are asked to head out ...

Overland Trail Museum’s History Café took a dark turn this month, just in time for Halloween, with a focus on “Victorian Mourning and Spiritualism.” The Victorian era, which stretched from 1833 until ...

COLONIAL HEIGHTS — One of the gems of Colonial Heights is, no doubt, Violet Bank Museum where you can see exhibits from the periods between 1815 to 1873 including Civil War artifacts, guns, furniture, ...

GONZALEZ, RAMON, 40, of Victoria: Funeral service 10 a.m. at Faith Family Church, burial following at Resurrection Cemetery, Grace Funeral Home, 361-573-4341 ...

Overland Trail Museum’s History Café took a dark turn this month, just in time for Halloween, with a focus on “Victorian Mourning and Spiritualism.” The Victorian era, which stretched from 1833 until ...