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When the famous newspaper magnate died in 1951, he was buried in one of the most prestigious luxury caskets available - a seamless copper deposit casket manufactured by the National casket company of Boston, Mass. The casket, a round corner design with the type series designation No. 21200, was largely the same as that which had been used for the funeral of President Franklin D. Roosevelt a few years before. With walls of a thickness of 1/8 of an inch (about 3 mm) and a triple lid - an undivided outer lid, split inner panels and a full oval plate glass lid over the body of the deceased - the empty casket had a weight of some 700 lbs. The interior of the casket consisted of white hand tufted velvet. Hearst's casket was one of the most expensive ones available at that time because caskets made of electrolytically deposited copper cost up to a dozen times the price of caskets made of 32 oz sheets of wrought copper. Black & White photos (available on the internet) taken at the Hearst funeral seem to indicate that his casket had a silver plated finish. This would have increased the high price of the casket for another 20%. For the Hearst family, price was of course no consideration.
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Was Aaliyah buried in a glass cofffin?
no, she was in a silver casket.
What model of batesville casket was used for Aaliyah?
Aaliyah wasn't buried in a Batesville casket, but in one of the last copper deposit caskets made by the former National Casket Company of Boston. The type designation of her silver plated casket was # 20761, a double lid model with lavish ornamental corners and a hand tufted premium velvet interior. Unlike standard copper caskets, which are welded from 32 oz or 48 oz (ounces per square foot) sheets of wrought copper (resulting in an empty weight between 200 and 300 lbs), copper deposit casket are made in a time consuming process by which copper molecules are deposited on a casket form. The famous National copper deposit caskets had no joints or welding seams nor did the attachments of the handles penetrate the casket walls. Copper deposit caskets have unusually thick walls of 1/8" (3 mm) resulting in a weight between 600 and 800 lbs. The funeral pictures show that at least eight pall bearers were needed to carry Aaliyah's casket. In the 1970s, the price of copper deposit caskets, which are no longer manufactured in the US, was about 10 to 12 times that of a standard 32 oz copper casket. The optional silver plating of the exterior added around 25 % to the basic price of the luxury casket. Other celebrities buried in National copper deposit caskets (of different designs) were for example President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Elvis Presley, and the newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst .
Is there a casket match in WWE raw 2002?
I believe the first appearance by a casket in a WWE game is in SmackDown vs Raw 2006 in the form of Buried Alive match, so the answer is no.
What sort of clothes was Sharon tate buried in?
Sharon Tate was buried in a print Pucci mini dress wearing no shoes or socks in a silver satin lined casket.
How was Sharon Tate's mother and sister buried with her?
Both Doris and Patti were cremated and their urns are placed at the head of Sharon's casket.
What kind of casket was Henry Ford the First buried in?
Henry Ford was buried in a cast bronze "Sarcophagus" casket manufactured by the (former) National Casket Company of Boston.
What is a sentence using the word casket?
The deceased governor was buried in an ornate wooden casket.
What is the difference between a casket match and a buried alive match?
the object of a casket match is to lock your opponenet in a casket or coffin whereas in a buried alive match the object is to bury your opponent alive
Does casket means a sequence of events?
No. A casket is the same as a coffin. It is the case that a dead body is buried in.
Why did Elvis get birried in a copper coffin?
Elvis was buried in the same type of casket his mother was buried in 20 years before: a National copper deposit casket.
What type of casket is The Rev buried in?
He was cremated. But I don't know what kind of an urn he was buried in.
Pictures of Elvis Presley in his casket?
There are a couple of pictures of his open and his closed casket available on the Internet. Just use the image search of the browser. Pictures of the closed casket also can be found by searching for pictures of the same type of coffin, a National seamless copper deposit casket (design # 21200), which was also used for the burial of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, for the newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst and for the American Muslim leader Elijah Muhammad for example. Funeral pictures of these person show the "Elvis casket".
Was Aaliyah buried in a glass cofffin?
no, she was in a silver casket.
What kind of casket was Brooke Astor buried in?
According to the pictures of the funeral, it seems that Brooke Astor was buried in a polished full couch "Concord" hardwood casket hancrafted from 3" and 4" solid mahogany planks by the New England Casket Company. When Heath Ledger was buried in a casket of the same type a year later, the retail price was quoted as US $ 25,000.
Was Tiny LaVonda ultra-midget with Phocomelia Buried in a Childs casket Was her body donated to a museum?
There is no verifiable information regarding a person named Tiny LaVonda being buried in a child's casket or having their body donated to a museum. This seems to be a fictional or fabricated scenario as it involves unusual and sensitive details.
Will they cremate Michael Jackson?
No. He was buried in a casket made of gold
Can American flags be placed on a casket to be buried?
Yes, My great grandfather was a three star general and died about a year ago and we went to his funeral at Arlington. When he was buried, his casket was covered with an American flag, although they took it off before he was buried.
