Cemeteries GravemarkersCemeteries house the dead, but gravemarkers are fashioned by the living, who record on them not only their pleasures, sorrows, and hopes for an afterlife, but also more than they realize of their history, ethnicity, and culture. Richard Meyer has gathered twelve original essays examining burial grounds through the centuries and across the land to give a broad understanding of the history and cultural values of communities, regions, and American society at large. |
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By the 1880s a number of companies were turning out white bronze urns , eagles , civic monuments , architectural details ... Perhaps the best known company was Mullins of Salem , Ohio , whose catalogs can still be found in libraries and ...
By the 1880s a number of companies were turning out white bronze urns , eagles , civic monuments , architectural details ... Perhaps the best known company was Mullins of Salem , Ohio , whose catalogs can still be found in libraries and ...
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Because Wilson , Parsons and Company already had a foundry building at Barnum and Hallett Streets , its main expense in 1874 would have been the payment to W. W. Evans . This should not have been very large , considering the history of ...
Because Wilson , Parsons and Company already had a foundry building at Barnum and Hallett Streets , its main expense in 1874 would have been the payment to W. W. Evans . This should not have been very large , considering the history of ...
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and a history of Detroit published in 1884 credits the incorporation of Detroit Bronze to Eakins , yet Eakins was never an officer of the company or its subsidiary . 12 Perhaps the sales by Eakins persuaded Bridgeport to choose Detroit ...
and a history of Detroit published in 1884 credits the incorporation of Detroit Bronze to Eakins , yet Eakins was never an officer of the company or its subsidiary . 12 Perhaps the sales by Eakins persuaded Bridgeport to choose Detroit ...
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Victorian Childrens | 11 |
Stone Images of | 31 |
Copyright | |
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