Cemetery pics
Nov. 13th, 2004 10:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kayreThe grave of a 13 year old boy.
I thought the trend towards having a "children's section" in cemeteries began around the 1950's, but found one today that dated to 1880. I suspect it was started after a disease that year killed quite a few very small children. Usually at that time infants were buried in the family plot.
Glass headstone.
One of the loveliest designs I've seen on a headstone.
"Grave covers" have had a couple of waves of popularity, in the late 1800s and again in the early 1900s, but I'd never seen one like this. Miniature reflecting pond after rain, I suppose?
Can anyone interpret this one? The headstone is dated 1905. Besides the triangle on the eagle, the entire inscription is in a triangle. The eagle makes me think of Poland, but the triangle hints at Masonic ties? Any ideas?
