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  2. Coffin - Wikipedia

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    In that case, the funeral director usually sells the casket to a family for a deceased person as part of the funeral services offered, and the price of the casket is included in the total bill for services rendered. Some funeral homes have small showrooms to present families with the available caskets that could be used for a deceased family ...

  3. Fisk metallic burial case - Wikipedia

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    Fisk metallic burial cases were patented in 1848 by Almond Dunbar Fisk and manufactured in Providence, Rhode Island. The cast iron coffins or burial cases were popular in the mid–19th century among wealthier families. While pine coffins in the 1850s would have cost around $2, a Fisk coffin could command a price upwards of $100.

  4. Edith Howard Cook - Wikipedia

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    The Barstow casket Edith Howard Cook was buried in, which was found in 2016 during a home remodeling project in San Francisco. Edith Howard Cook (November 28, 1873 – October 13, 1876) was an American child who died at the age of 2 years 10 months. [1]

  5. List of caskets - Wikipedia

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    Morgan Casket, 11th–12th centuries, Southern Italy, ivory The Becket Casket, about 1180–90, Limoges enamel, France, V&A Museum no. M.66-1997. This is a list of individual caskets with articles: Shinkot casket, 2nd century BC, Buddhist container for reliquaries, Gandhara, stone; Bajaur casket, 5–6 AD, Gandhara (now Pakistan), stone reliquary

  6. Burial vault (enclosure) - Wikipedia

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    A burial vault (also known as a burial liner, grave vault, and grave liner) is a container, formerly made of wood or brick but more often today made of metal or concrete, that encloses a coffin to help prevent a grave from sinking. Wooden coffins (or caskets) decompose, and often the weight of earth on top of the coffin, or the passage of heavy ...

  7. Casket (decorative box) - Wikipedia

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    A tall round casket is often called a pyxis, after a shape in Ancient Greek pottery; these were popular in Islamic art, often made from a section of the ivory tusk of an elephant. The term "casket" overlaps with strongbox (or strong box), a heavily-made box for storing or transporting coin and other valuables.

  8. Cremation - Wikipedia

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    Another environmental concern is that traditional burial takes up a great deal of space. In a traditional burial, the body is buried in a casket made from a variety of materials. In the United States, the casket is often placed inside a concrete vault or liner before burial in the ground. While individually this may not take much room, combined ...

  9. Category:Families from California - Wikipedia

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    This category contains a listing of all articles and subcategories that have articles relating to families of persons from the U.S. state of California. Subcategories This category has the following 56 subcategories, out of 56 total.

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