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Category Archives: Cemetery postcard
Cemetery of the Week #150: Hartsdale Pet Cemetery
Hartsdale Pet Cemetery 75 North Central Park Avenue Hartsdale, New York 10530 Telephone: (914) 949-2583 Founded: 1896 Size: under 4 acres Number of interments: between 80,000 and 100,000 Until the 1890s, people who had a pet die in New York City either buried … Continue reading
Cemetery Postcards
Today has been crazed and I ended up away from my desk, so no Cemetery of the Week tonight. Instead, I offer up my latest obsession, my Cemetery Postcards tumblr. Here’s the link: http://www.tumblr.com/blog/morbidloren It will collect the postcards I’ve … Continue reading
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
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Tagged photo of the week, postaday, 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 James A. Garfield monument, Lake View Cemetery, Ohio cemeteries
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