Essex County - Bloomfield - Iron Coffin Mummies of New Jersey and New York
Tuesday, March 26 – Essex County Historical Society of Bloomfield presents “ Iron Coffin Mummies of New Jersey and New York ” 7:30 PM at the Bloomfield Civic Center, 84 Broad Street, Bloomfield, NJ COST: FREE & open to the public On March 26, experience a holistic glimpse into the investigation surrounding the identity of a woman found inside a Fisk iron coffin that was disturbed by construction crews in New York City. Through forensic investigation with archaeology, biology and history, Warnasch identified the woman as an African American domestic servant who had died of smallpox in the early 1850s. Archeologist/ Anthropologist and Bloomfield resident Scott Warnasch will also tell of two other iron coffin mummies he has discovered in Newark, NJ, and will include background on the coffins and what they teach us about this critical period of American history. A Q&A session will follow the lecture. Warnasch has be...