The Brown Collection
of Photographs
Photograph 85 of 94
1896
These iron coffins, resembeling Egyptian mummy cases were found in the old Catholic cemetery near the old Reyman brewery. As Wheeling was an iron city, it is likely that they were made here. They were used in England and Germany during the 19th century.
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