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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged euclid, ohio, soldier, st. paul cemetery, stickers, veteran, world war ii, wwii on August 14, 2012| 1 Comment »
A Grave Concern: Faces from the past
Posted in Dead Men Do Tell Tales, tagged euclid, grave art, ohio, porcelain portrait, st. paul cemetery on July 31, 2011| Leave a Comment »
A Grave Concern: Faces from the past
Posted in Dead Men Do Tell Tales, tagged euclid, grave art, ohio, porcelain portrait, st. paul cemetery on July 28, 2011| Leave a Comment »
A Grave Concern: Women’s faces from the past
Posted in Dead Men Do Tell Tales, tagged euclid, grave art, ohio, porcelain portrait, st. paul cemetery on July 26, 2011| Leave a Comment »
The photos I have posted so far in my faces from the past photo series have been from stones for families, but I also have far more stones with portraits of individual women than individual men.
A Grave Concern: More faces from the past
Posted in Dead Men Do Tell Tales, tagged euclid, grave art, ohio, porcelain portrait, st. paul cemetery on July 22, 2011| Leave a Comment »
I noticed this on the post of these porcelain portraits last week with the Fifolts. If there is only one porcelain portrait on a marker for multiple people, it is likely to be for the youngest person, like teenager Joseph Siska.
With the empty oval at the top, I wonder if the man in the remaining photographs is the son rather than the father whose engraving it bumps into.
A Grave Concern: More faces from the past
Posted in Dead Men Do Tell Tales, tagged euclid, grave art, ohio, porcelain portrait, st. paul cemetery, tombstone tales on July 15, 2011| 1 Comment »
These are more porcelain portraits from the tombstones at St. Paul Cemetery in Euclid, Ohio. I can’t stop looking at the sweet-faced little girl on this first marker.
The destruction of the third portrait on this one makes me sad.
A Grave Concern: Vitantonio Wordless Wednesday
Posted in Dead Men Do Tell Tales, tagged euclid, grave art, history, occupation, ohio, rosary, soldier, st. paul cemetery, tombstone tales, veteran, wordless wednesday, world war ii, wwii on July 13, 2011| Leave a Comment »
A Grave Concern: Unrecognized
Posted in Morbid Musings, tagged euclid, grave art, ohio, st. paul cemetery, symbolism, unsolved on July 12, 2011| 1 Comment »
A Grave Concern: By the light of the lamp
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Symbolism, tagged euclid, grave art, lamp, ohio, st. paul cemetery, symbolism on July 11, 2011| Leave a Comment »
The lighted lamp is supposed to be a symbol of wisdom and faithfulness taken directly from the Bible.
A Grave Concern: Protected from the elements
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, tagged euclid, grave art, ohio, porcelain portrait, sculpture, st. paul cemetery on July 10, 2011| 2 Comments »
I surpised everyone who was with me, even a former sexton of the cemetery, when I flipped open the medallion on the front of this stone. I didn’t know what I would find, only that the top edge looked like a hinge and seemed worth trying.
It’s a rather ingenious design – the compartment lid is pretty to look at in and of itself, and the portrait gets protection from the wind, rain, snow, and possibly vandals. I’ve never seen anything else like it.
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