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Abraham Lincoln death mask
So I was reading into the thread about which president had the most difficult presidency and thought about a show I watched on History (or Netflix) on day. It was about death masks and the first segment was about Lincoln. They did a life mask on him before his election and one shortly before or after his death. I remember that in the short few years that he was president the amount his face aged was shocking. The stress he must have endured during his time in office...
I just thought this was really interesting and you all might find it the same. I believe this was the program:
So I was reading into the thread about which president had the most difficult presidency and thought about a show I watched on History (or Netflix) on day. It was about death masks and the first segment was about Lincoln. They did a life mask on him before his election and one shortly before or after his death. I remember that in the short few years that he was president the amount his face aged was shocking. The stress he must have endured during his time in office...
I just thought this was really interesting and you all might find it the same. I believe this was the program:
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Cpl Michael Strickler Death masks were used for centurys as a way to commerate the dead. I think it fell out of favor due to photography.
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