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Back to EpisodesSamuel Patch Frankenfield: Laying Out the Dead
Episode 458
Published 9 months ago
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ABC:LHS #082-5 Samuel Patch Frankenfield...
...apprenticed as a cabinetmaker and then used his skills as a coffin manufacturer to become an undertaker with a thriving practice. Care of the dead had been in the hands of women for centuries before men realized that money could be made in the field.