Diary of a graveyard.

You've made a great archive, shewolfnm.

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Thank you. Smile

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Damn the war on spam.

(shaking fist )

Laughing

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I find this very tacky.

I began noticing that on the backs of many headstones from about 1995, there are advertisements...

They are small flaps of metal attached to the seam of the stones..

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http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/4393/dsc0004copyvj0.jpg

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The weathering on this headstone is really interesting.
It looks very gothic, all on its own.
And all it is , is a diffrent colored moss.

What I had to do to the picture was lighten it and I did touch up the contrast a bit so that you could see the lines of the moss. Other then that ( small changes you might not even notice if I did not point out) this is exactly how this stone looks.

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/2156/dsc0008ww9.jpg

its bottom -

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/9276/dsc0011qq6.jpg

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This looks like a stone table leg someone made into a headstone

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/6972/dsc0014vz3.jpg

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Now these.... I find funny.

Realize.. these are a bit taller then I am.
I could , quite literally, lay across them in the position of jesus and STILL have to be a few inches taller to fill it out.

But if you read the bottoms of the stones, and across the middle, they have very fanciful statements.

" fell asleep"

"god is thy refuge"

I think this is the perfect example of a scorned family.

The last one says " he died"

period.

Everyone else -fell asleep-

no pretty words for THAT man.. Laughing

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http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/4562/dsc0017gx6.jpg

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Given the date on "died", I'd suspect he didn't fall asleep - WW I.

(was the U.S. in at that point?)

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Excellent photos, as usual, wolfie.

Question: With the last 3 photos, the crosses being in a more horizonal configuration and the top resting on a rock seems a rather peculiar thing. Is there a lot of this style and is it a newer thing?

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Those crosses are the only ones I have ever seen.

If I could get someone to go with me, I would gladly lay on one and have a picture taken so you could see how big they are.

I am 5'6 and when I am on them, I have about 5 inches from my finger tips to the ends of the stones, and a few inches from the tip of my head to the top of the cross.

The pictures dont really show how big they are as I took them in a way that you could read them instead.
I think they are really neat headstones actually.

And no.. if the last guy " fell asleep" during wartime, he would surely be dead. Laughing

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This is a line of soldiers.
The headstones simply say
"U.S. Soldier"

no information as to what war they were in, wether they are male, female, what the names are . Nothing.

The way the headstones are shaped and carved, they look exactly like the Spanish American war soldiers' stones do.

They are far away from everything else, even the other spanish american war soldiers. Wich I find sort of odd?
Maybe they were given a small plot because people expected more unidentified bodies then that?

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Some info about the "Julius Schütze" from the German headstone on the previous page:

Quote:

A few more blocks east, cut one block south to Red River. The German Free School stands high on the west bluff of Waller Creek at 507 East 10th. One of the first schools established in Austin (1852), it served not only German-speaking pupils, but children (some of them slaves) who were in need of a free education. Julius Schütze served as the schoolmaster for many years, establishing its fine reputation as an academic grammar school. He also founded the Austin Sängerrunde, as we'll see later. The building was enlarged in 1872 with a second story for the Schütze residence. Austin artist Kelly Stevens purchased the building in 1948 and lived there until his death in 1991, when it was deeded to the German Texan Heritage Society.

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The German Free School, 507 East 10th Street, Austin 78701

One of the first schools established in Austin, 1852, which served not only German-speaking pupils, but children who were in need of a free education, some of them children of slaves. Julius Schütze served as the schoolmaster for years, establishing its fine reputation as an academic grammar school The building was added on to in 182 with a second story. Kelly Stevens, an Austin artist, purchased the building in 1948 and lived there until his death in 1991. The building was deeded to the German Texas Heritage Society at that time.

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Right next to those soldiers is this one-

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/4224/dsc0587po8.jpg

Left in its original size , so that everyone can read it
here is the sign

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/4615/dsc0586jh5.jpg

(edited. The original was just too big )

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I dont know what this language is, but the writting, I think is very beautiful.

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/4235/dsc0985et1.jpg

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Now I want to try to start posting all the 'rich' people.
Some have a little fame here in austin as well, and I will post the signs along with them.

starting with this "house" in the jewish part of the cemetary.

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/1619/dsc0992qt4.jpg

Sorry for the crappy picture, but this was the best I could get of the inside.
It houses one urn and one ...... I forget the word.. But it is when someone is burried in a box above ground?

One of those.

and that is all that is inside this small house.

(sigh)

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/9821/dsc0996ay3.jpg

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I missed your post Walter.
I was trying to hurry while A2K's doors were still open. Laughing

I did not know that was who he was.
I do know of the school, and its reputation for having taught some of the first free black children here in Austin.

That is really cool!

I just thought it was a neat headstone. Nothing more.

Learn something new everyday. Smile

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Question-

Why do Jewish people place rocks on headstones?

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shewolfnm wrote:

I dont know what this language is, but the writting, I think is very beautiful.

Appears Hebrew to me, but I have no idea how to read it. (Other than right-to-left....)

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well, that would make perfect sense now would'nt it.....

seeing as how it is in the Jewish section

Embarrassed

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