Friday, July 3, 2020

More Tombstones from the Great Depression.

A few weeks back I put up a post describing the reuse of tombstones as part of a flood control wall. This is called "spolia", the reuse of older things in new structures.

Well, when out for a walk recently I realized that there was a bunch more of this about half a mile away.  And from the look of things I'd say they came from the same source, which I presume was a mason/monument carver who went out of business in the latter 1930's.


The neighbor who has this as a boundary wall knew what it was made of.  There are no "names and dates" showing but perhaps they have been tastefully turned inward!


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