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of these devices were placed in production.
by Jon N Austin
When the Museum staff contacted the Marsellus Casket Company prior to its closing in May, the staff never expected that a request for a portion of that historic firm’s past for the collection would also lead to the acquisition of objects that had been exhibited in the museum at the former National Foundation of Funeral Service in Evanston, Illinois.
History of Cremation
by Cremation Association
Scholars today quite generally agree that cremation probably began in any real sense during the early Stone Age -- around 3000 B.C. -- and most likely in Europe and the Near East.