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BURKE & HARE, Madame Tussaud's Chamber of Horrors Exhibit

BURKE & HARE, Madame Tussaud's Chamber of Horrors Exhibit
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Stock #:1146057
Type: Postcard
Era: Continental Chrome
Size: 4.25" x 6" (11 x 15.25 cm)
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Depiction of William Burke and William Hare, notorious body snatchers who suffocated strangers and sold the bodies to Dr. Knox's Anatomical Academy in Edinburgh for £10 per body. The exhibit is based on Madame Tussaud's 1829 wax figures, showing Burke from a death mask and Hare from life.
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