Photo Monument 8/11/2011

Photo Monument: A Grave Photo Essay

a set or series of photographs that are intended to tell a story or evoke a series of emotions.

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In the small town of Lucas, KS you can visit the mausoleum of Samuel Perry Dinsmoor and see him in his coffin with a glass lid, behind a window. [No photos are allowed].

The mausoleum is on the property of his cabin home called Garden of Eden. Inside the mausoleum you will also see a double exposed photo that he made in which he is standing over and gazing upon himself in the coffin.

Don’t forget to pick up a copy of his self published booklet The Cabin Home. It includes many photos and information on the mausoleum, which he calls a stone log cabin mausoleum.

The Garden of Eden was recently sold to Wisconsin-based Kohler Foundation, which plans a massive restoration. When the restoration is done, Kohler will transfer ownership to Friends of S.P. Dinsmoor’s Garden of Eden, based in Lucas.

Other links

·         http://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/samuel-p-dinsmoor/15632

·         http://www.flickr.com/photos/howesenobilfone/3973439762/

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Gale Wall

Hutchinson, KS

Digital Cemetery Walk

http://digitalcemeterywalk.blogspot.com/

Cemetery walks offer an afternoon of discovery.

Every stone has a story. And they are waiting to be told.