The Victorian mourning traditions are today considered morbid, outdated, and even strange. However, there is one mourning custom that society decided to hold onto – mourning cards, now referred to as “memorial cards.” Not much about the style of the cards has changed since the 1800s, save for the removal of the black border. Notice…
American Mourning traditions of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century conjure up feelings of interest, shock, and sometimes disbelief to those living in the twenty-first century. Once commonplace customs that were held near and dear to the hearts of the Victorian’s are now rarely practiced or considered downright macabre. It was considered appropriate etiquette…