Photos of cemeteries or headstones anyone? (photograph, develop, photobucket, flickr)

[Hntr]

Great pictures Oklahomasue and PhotogGal!!

[_redbird_]

Originally Posted by PhotogGal

Simply awesome, Oklahomasue -- especially the last one! Can't rep you again, but I would if I could.

I got her for you. That last pic evokes really strong emotions. Good job, Oklahoma Sue.

[New_Horizon]

Not exactly a gravestone but a Quoit ... an ancient burial site
Top is the Lanyon Quoit below is Men an Tol .. both in Cornwall, England

[Elyse Margardino]

Originally Posted by Bydand

Here are a couple I took last Fall.

Scottville, MI Riverside Cemetery 1


Riverside Cemetery 2


I took my boys out to see where their Great, Great, Great Grandparents were buried and found the stones in this condition:





The kids were appalled because not only were they relatives, but he was a veteran as well, so they did a bit of work that afternoon.






Here are a couple of them in action, after we drove back into town to get the stuff needed to clean the stones right.







A Civil War magazine Editor and I were talking a bit later and they mentioned that it would be a great story if only there were photos to go along with it. My obsession with taking the camera almost everyplace I go came in handy and they are some of my first images to be run in a national mag (very small circulation, but it is still cool to me.) They are some of the first photos I ever took with my new camera last fall. Plus the boys made me darn proud that they would want to do that. I didn't even think of cleaning the stones, much to my shame.

Wow, how very humbling that story was! What great boys you have, I wish more kids were like that!

[gizmo980]

Great pictures everyone! I've only gotten through one page so far, but look forward to studying the rest. It's especially cool seeing the really old tombstones, since we don't get anything pre-19th century here in California... I always like visiting cemeteries when I'm back east, just to see how old they are. Anyway, here are a few old photos I dug up - no pun intended, LOL.

Arlington Cemetery


A cemetery in Stockton, CA... check out the creepy headless Angel.


In New York City, across the street from "Ground Zero" (World Trade Center site) - Nov 2002

[rigas]

lets see if i can get this to work (im new around these parts)

these are all at glenwood cemetary here in down town houston

the last 4 are in infrared

[PhotogGal]

Originally Posted by rigas

lets see if i can get this to work (im new around these parts)

these are all at glenwood cemetary here in down town houston

the last 4 are in infrared

It worked for me! Very nice. I really like infrared. Welcome to our little corner of CD. Hope to see more from you!

[Ghengis]

at the site of The Battle of Greasy Grass Creek, Crow Agency, Montana

[Cindiana]

I really enjoy all the photos! I am not much of a photographer, but I am an amateur genealogist. I notice there are quite a few old tombstones. Some may wonder what the different engravings mean, here is a link to the various meanings of the symbols and engravings on the tombstones. Graven Images: Gravestone Motifs & Their Meanings
Here is one that shows the emblems of belief for different religions Available Emblems of Belief for Placement on Government Headstones and Markers - Burial & Memorials

[MinuteMan]

Originally Posted by Cabe09

I really enjoy all the photos! I am not much of a photographer, but I am an amateur genealogist. I notice there are quite a few old tombstones. Some may wonder what the different engravings mean, here is a link to the various meanings of the symbols and engravings on the tombstones. Graven Images: Gravestone Motifs & Their Meanings
Here is one that shows the emblems of belief for different religions Available Emblems of Belief for Placement on Government Headstones and Markers - Burial & Memorials

Thanks for sharing! I found that the image of a face in the photos I posted represents the soul. There are some additional symbols and engravings here..Gravestone Symbolism