Hello, and you're listening to The Dollop. This is an American history podcast in which each week I

Dave Anthony read a story to

Gareth Reynolds who has no idea what the topic is about. Did you forget your part? No, but I think you say you've called me your friend in the past

So I didn't say that. No, whatever. I guess we're on icy ground and the friendship and it's here. It's an awkward time to end it

God, you want to look at it? I'll do one button. People say this is funny. Not Gary Gareth. Steve, okay?

Someone or something is ticklish. Is it for fun? And this is not gonna come to ticklish podcast. Yeah

You are Queen fakie of made up town. All hail Queen shit of lives though. A bunch of religious virgins go to

Mingle and do what?

I can't see. No, I see. Don't my friend. No

Okay

1848. Oh boy America. Yeah, almond D fish almond D fish someone named their child almond because he's nuts either that or

There was an auto correct that I didn't notice. Oh

Fuck I think that could happen either's okay because almonds are pretty fucked up name for you. Oh

Young but not in that time. Yeah, I could have totally could have this is my boy Trey trunk. Yeah, it's totally who gives a fuck

Here's walnut. He is my boy walnut

So almond D fish was granted the first patent for a cast iron coffin called the Fisk airtight coffin or cast

Array's metal

in 1848, okay

In 1849 the cast iron coffin was publicly unveiled at the New York State agriculture society fair in Syracuse, New York

Must this a great time. It's a great fair. Yeah

Yeah, who doesn't want to go to the coffin exhibit at the fair? I do wonder how it was received though because in this time

You can't be sure how people if people be like well weird or if people like my goodness

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