Simple burials, done crudely
by James Tibensky, May 18, 1874
While the elaborate death's heads, skeletons, and symbolic hour glasses captures the imagination when it comes to colonial gravestones, the realities of life in the earliest, smallest, and most remote settlements often produced varied results. In many places, the older stones were often little more than a local cobble or boulder pried from the fields, barely shaped and crudely carved, and set to face west. The permanance of stone has ended in the memory of initials.
Title
Gravestone of S.W., Old Cover Burial Ground, East Haddam, Conn.
Creator
Tibensky, James
Date
1974-05-18
Extent
1 photograph
Description
While the elaborate death's heads, skeletons, and symbolic hour glasses captures the imagination when it comes to colonial gravestones, the realities of life in the earliest, smallest, and most remote settlements often produced variable results. In many places, the older stones were often little more than a local cobble or boulder pried from the fields, barely shaped and crudely carved, and set to face west.
Collection:
James Tibensky Collection (MS 1050)
Identifier
mums1050-r233-i004
Cite As:
Gravestone of S.W., Old Cover Burial Ground, East Haddam, Conn. Photo by James Tibensky, May 18, 1974. James Tibensky Collection (MS 1050)
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