Say hello to Alice, she is a vintage mourning doll. When we received her she came with a little slice of paper pinned to her body with the name Alice written on the paper. The paper was just as vintage as the doll. We will be studying her as the previous owner claims paranormal activity surrounding this doll. What is a mourning doll you ask? Read below... During the period from the late nineteenth century until the early to mid 20th century, popularly known as the Victorian Era, people typically used elaborate physical representations and rituals to mark the death of a loved one. Because deaths typically took place in the home, the body of the deceased was usually prepared for burial, and often displayed for a period in the home. Because of the close proximity of death to the home, and because of high mortality rates for children and infants, children especially were often familiar with and exposed to death and dead bodies from a very early age. By the late nineteenth century, it became customary to commission a mourning doll to lay at the grave of a deceased child. These became widely popular as a coping mechanism for families dealing with the death of a child. Come see Alice at the Harlan Hauntfest on November 1st at the Harlan Center in Harlan, Ky...
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 19:51:14 +0000
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