Category Archives: Zinc Markers

The Virtue of Hope

Posted on September 5, 2013 by gravelyspeaking

The representation of the Virtue of Hope is a fairly common symbol found in American cemeteries.  It can be found on zinc monuments as a bas-relief and as a full statue carved in marble or granite on stone markers.  Hope … Continue reading →

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Two versions of the lamb

Posted on June 22, 2013 by gravelyspeaking

The Western White Bronze Company of Des Moines, Iowa, the Monumental Bronze Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut, the Detroit Bronze Company, of Detroit, Michigan, and the other companies that produced zinc funeral monuments, had a wide range of symbols from which to choose.  The … Continue reading →

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Thistle in Zinc

Posted on June 13, 2013 by gravelyspeaking

JOHN G. RAIN, SEPTEMBER 19, 1828, FEBRUARY 18, 1899. HE DIED AS HE LIVED, A PURE, UPRIGHT MAN. The thistle is characterized by a purple or red flower that rests in a cup-shaped part of the stem and has prickly … Continue reading →

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Options in form and design

Posted on June 11, 2013 by gravelyspeaking

The Western White Bronze Company of Des Moines, Iowa, and the other companies that produced zinc funeral monuments, such as the Monumental Bronze Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut, had a wide range of symbols from which to choose.  The companies produced catalogs that salespeople … Continue reading →

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Variations on a boat theme

Posted on June 4, 2013 by gravelyspeaking

The Western White Bronze Company of Des Moines, Iowa, and the other companies that produced zinc funeral monuments made many variations.  The popular symbols came in multiple forms.  The various symbols could be bolted in place by special order much … Continue reading →

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Budded on Earth

Posted on May 23, 2013 by gravelyspeaking

HERRMAN REINHARDT BORN JULY 18, 1866. DIED MARCH 17, 1887. WHERE IMMORTAL SPIRITS REIGN THERE WE SHALL MEET AGAIN. Life is fragile, especially young life.  Many funerary motifs represent children–shoes, seedpods, cribs, cherubs–but one of the most common is the … Continue reading →

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