Dear Friends of #Death,

This morning I was almost run over by a reversing unlicensed #hearse. Hope it was not a rascist driver as may have got this guy who was also crossing behind it.

Maybe he was a coroner.

In the UK anyone can set themself up as a '#Funeral Director'. They must be doing well the car is a Mercedes. The punk band I managed for a short while had a second hand hearse. Seem to remember it did 6-9 MPG

Maybe they were just looking for a bit of extra #Sunday business. Mowing down ye olde fogeys like me? Nah I am just being alarmist. Very well dressed driver white shirt black tie. They could have been a neo-punk band on their way to a gig rehearsal I suppose...

I am hoping for an uber funeral. Really must get my cardboard #coffin sorted. Somewhere to sleep during the day. Also need to contact the council about whether they collect and recycle #carcasses...

Our garden is quite small. Would vertical burial be acceptable to the council? I would probably need a death certificate. I wonder if they do one for the almost dead. A sort of pre-death certificate?

Just doing my bit for soil improvement.

https://coffincompany.co.uk/cardboard-coffin

 🙏🏿 

Parked outside Seattle goth nightclub The Vogue. Goths living the dream.

📷 Canon Powershot A95 / June 2005

On Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/djwudi/21061417/in/dateposted-public/

#photography #canon #powershot #a95 #seattle #goth #seagoth #hearse

Ausrangierter Leichenwagen in Fort Fun

Februar 2009 (Hans Martin Köster)

#Leichenwagen #SilentSunday #Kutsche #Trauerwagen #Totenwagen #FortFun #Bestwig #Olsberg #WesternStadt #Fotografie #Photography #Winter #Schnee #snow #funeralhearse #hearse

Funeral of Gen. Wm. Booth, London - Funeral Car [between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
Bain News Service
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of 9.1 million people in 2024. Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 15.1 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a 50-mile (80 km) tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of the national government and parliament. London grew rapidly in the 19th century, becoming the world's largest city at the time. Since the 19th century the name "London" has referred to the metropolis around the City of London, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent and Hertfordshire, which since 1965 has largely comprised the administrative area of Greater London, governed by 33 local authorities and the Greater London Authority.

#Funeral #Photograph #Hearse #Crowd #London #Procession #Booth #news #photography
https://www.loc.gov/item/2014691118/

Dago Frank's body [1914 April]
Bain News Service
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. | Photo shows funeral of "Dago Frank" Cirofici, a New York City criminal convicted of murdering Herman Rosenthal, along with his associates Harry Horowitz "Gyp the Blood", Louis Rosenberg (Rosenweig) "Lefty Louis", and "Whitey" Lewis (Frank Seidenshner) on July 16, 1912. The four men were executed at Sing Sing prison, Ossining, New York on April 13, 1914. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)

Francesco Cirofici was an Italian-American criminal and gangster, who, along with Harry Horowitz, was responsible for the July 16, 1912, murder of gambler Herman Rosenthal outside the Hotel Metropole. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Cirofici

Harry Horowitz, also known as "Gyp the Blood", was an American underworld figure and a leader of the Lenox Avenue Gang in New York City. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Horowitz

Herman Rosenthal was an American author, editor, and librarian. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Rosenthal
New York City (NYC), often simply called New York, is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of the state of New York on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with its respective county. It is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy.

#Funeral #Photograph #NewYorkCity #SingSingprison #Execution #Hearse #Crowd #Murder #glassnegatives #news #photography #Cirofici #DagoFrank #FrankSeidenshner #GyptheBlood #HermanRosenthal #LeftyLouis #WhiteyLewis #Ossining
https://www.loc.gov/item/2014695761/