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Weekly Photo Challenge: Lunchtime
The photo prompt for this week was lunchtime: not an easy topic to illustrate on a blog about cemeteries. I usually shy away from photographing strangers when I see them in graveyards, in order to respect their privacy. I have … Continue reading
Posted in Photo Challenges, Cemetery postcard
Tagged postaday, photo of the week, postaweek
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Cemetery Postcards: The First Real Postcards
The first true postcards had no space for messages. The photograph took up the entire front of the card, while the back of the card was blank. The address was meant to stand alone there, as it would on the … Continue reading
Cemetery Postcards: the Earliest Years
The earliest postcards weren’t actually postcards at all. They were trade cards, designed to be collected as souvenirs for the pictures on their faces. Their reverses were filled with advertising text. Cleverly designed, they were advertisements that people chose to … Continue reading
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Tagged Lake View Cemetery, Ohio cemeteries, James A. Garfield monument
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Cemetery Postcards
Ten years ago, I started to collect antique postcards of graveyards. I was entertained that such a thing existed: why would anyone buy, send, or save a picture of a cemetery? Things people chose to commemorate fascinated me. There seemed … Continue reading
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Tagged Colorado cemetery, General Grant National Monument, St. Louis #1
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