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Cemetery of the Week #55: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
The Graves family monument, Cypress Lawn Cypress Lawn Memorial Park 1370 El Camino Real Colma, California 94014-3239 Telephone: 650-550-8810 Email: info@cypresslawn.com Founded: 1892 Size: 200 acres...
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Cemetery of the Week #57: Laurel Hill Cemetery
The Warner Monument Laurel Hill Cemetery 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19132 Telephone: 215-228-8200 Founded: 1836 Size: 78 acres Number of interments: 75,000 Open: Weekdays 8 a.m to...
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Introduction to the Art of the Victorian Cemetery in America
Victorian Cemetery Art by Edmund Vincent Gillon Jr. My rating: 4 of 5 stars Published in 1972 when Americans were beginning to wake up to the kinds of landscapes they were surrounding themselves with,...
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Cemetery of the Week #59: Vysehrad Cemetery
In Vysehrad Cemetery, Prague Vyšehradsky Hrbitov 11 V Pevnosti, Prague 128 00, Czech Republic Telephone: +420 2 4141 0348 Founded: 1869, in its present incarnation Number of interments: Approximately...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Summer
Detail of the Crack the Whip sculpture To me, summertime means time to explore cemeteries. One of the first graveyards I fell in love with was Sunset Hills in Flint, Michigan. It’s a lovely...
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Cemetery of the Week #62: Sunset Hills Cemetery
Crack the Whip Sunset Hills Cemetery G-4413 Flushing Road Flint, Michigan 48504 Telephone: (810) 732-0260 Founded: 1926 Number of interments: Findagrave lists more than 4500. Open: 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. in...
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Cemetery of the Week #63: Westminster Abbey
Towers of Westminster Abbey Collegiate Church of St. Peter at Westminster, known as Westminster Abbey City of Westminster, 20 Deans Yard, London, SW1P 3PA, United Kingdom Telephone: +44(0)20 7222 5152...
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Photographic Exploration of Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey: The Monuments by Joe Whitlock Blundell My rating: 4 of 5 stars With over a thousand years of history behind it, Westminster Abbey is the repository of memory in the heart of London....
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Cemetery of the Week #73: Woodmere Cemetery
View of Woodmere Cemetery with Brevet General Vreeland’s grave Woodmere Cemetery 9400 W Fort Street Detroit, Michigan 48209 Telephone: (313) 841-0188 Founded: 1867 Size: 250 acres Number of interments:...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign
The Grim Reaper in Florence’s English Cemetery After our visit to Il Cimitero degli Inglesi, I read the little booklet available from the cemetery office. It said that many of the people buried in the...
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Cemetery of the Week #101: the Medici Chapels
Exterior of the Chapel of the Princes, Church of San Lorenzo, Florence. All photos come from The Church of San Lorenzo in Florence and Its Medici Chapels, which is reviewed on 8/1/13. The Church of San...
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Cemetery of the Week #130: the Wooldridge Monument, Mayfield, Kentucky
Since 1899 many tourists have visited Maplewood Cemetery, according to this vintage postcard. The Wooldridge Monument Maplewood Cemetery East Cemetery Street at North 6th Street Mayfield, Kentucky...
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Cemetery of the Week #132: Rock Creek Cemetery
The beautiful entry gate to Rock Creek Cemetery Rock Creek Cemetery 201 Allison St NW, Washington, DC 20011 Telephone: (202) 726-2080 Founded: 1719 Size: 86 acres Numbers of interments: 13,000...
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Cemetery of the Week #165: Olivet Memorial Park
Olivet Memorial Park Also called Mount Olivet Cemetery 1601 Hillside Boulevard Colma, California 94014 Telephone: (650) 755-0322 Established: 1896 Size: 65 acres Number of Interments: 100,000 At the...
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Chicago Eternal
Chicago Eternal by Larry Broutman My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is an amazing book. It’s huge, heavy, stuffed with full-color photographs — and some weird stuff too, including 3D photos complete with...
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