Photo Monument 5/10/2013
By Gale Wall
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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George and Edmond
Fontaine
On the edge of
Highland Cemetery in Pittsburg, KS sits this little guy. John Gary Brown,
author of Soul in the Stone; Cemetery Art
from America’s Heartland, calls him a strange child but I find him
intriguing. He adorns the grave of George (1906-1906) and Edmond (1908-1908)
Fontaine.
He is the work of
Hance White, who operated the Pittsburg, Kansas Marble Works from 1892 until
his death in 1926. He was a successful businessman, accomplished musician and
folk artist. Hance White is buried at Mt. Olive Cemetery in Pittsburg, KS. I
visited Mt. Olive on the same trip but was not aware of this before researching
him later. I’m hoping to visit his grave on my next trip through the area.
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Gale
Wall
Hutchinson, KS
Digital Cemetery Walk
Cemetery walks offer an afternoon of
discovery.
Every stone has a story. And they are waiting
to be told.
1 Comments:
Think I need to show you a cemetery walk in the UK. So sad when you see the children had no life I have come across a few and always spend a moment with them.
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