![Found this cast iron coffin in a closed funeral home. I have ideas on what it is, but want to be absolutely sure. : r/whatisthisthing Found this cast iron coffin in a closed funeral home. I have ideas on what it is, but want to be absolutely sure. : r/whatisthisthing](https://preview.redd.it/gt7og98ypm441.jpg?auto=webp&s=cfb69b2ebaa61de18bf9b47268503e735bd3b7eb)
Found this cast iron coffin in a closed funeral home. I have ideas on what it is, but want to be absolutely sure. : r/whatisthisthing
Secret History Tours - This ornate cast-iron coffin was made to be used by an affluent family to bury an infant who died of Yellow Fever in the mid- to late-1800s. Called
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The 'Boy in the Iron Coffin' Comes Home to the Natural History Museum | At the Smithsonian| Smithsonian Magazine
![The intricate beauty of cast-iron in Alabama's Victorian grave covers, caskets, fences, mausoleums - al.com The intricate beauty of cast-iron in Alabama's Victorian grave covers, caskets, fences, mausoleums - al.com](http://media.al.com/alphotos/photo/2015/11/02/-5dd93138382a3397.jpg)
The intricate beauty of cast-iron in Alabama's Victorian grave covers, caskets, fences, mausoleums - al.com
Funetorium - Cast iron Civil War vintage almond shaped Crane & Breed coffin which held 14 month old Emma Jane McElmurray. Hers along with four other graves at Old Church Cemetery in
![How a strange 19th century coffin lead to a revolution in 20th century forensic science – Strange Remains How a strange 19th century coffin lead to a revolution in 20th century forensic science – Strange Remains](https://i0.wp.com/strangeremains.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/9742403_orig.jpg?fit=450%2C582&ssl=1)