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Crematorium, Pere la Chaise cemetery, Paris, 1888.
Crematorium, Pere la Chaise cemetery, Paris, 1888. Illustration published in March 1888 while the building was under construction. In Europe during the late 19th century, cremation gradually became an acceptable method of disposing of the dead. The first modern crematorium was built at Woking in Surrey, England, in 1885.
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AR926393
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Public
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4937px × 3534px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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19th century
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
building
BUILDINGS
Cemetery
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Cremation
CREMATORIUM
Death
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France
ILE-DE-FRANCE
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NINETEENTH CENTURY
Oxford Science Archive
PARIS
Pere la Chaise Cemetery
Pere la Chaise crematorium
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