Some New England history, gravestones (Page 2): Very well photographed and interesting stones! Thanks you for sharing.

alliebess Loc: suburban Philadelphia

Very well photographed and interesting stones! Thanks you for sharing.

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

A bit morbid, but great shots, Steve.

steve49 Loc: massachusetts

These stones represent the only " artwork" from the Puritan era. Decoration in houses, clothing, etc were forbidden. The marker stones are really the only medium in expression during the earliest period of settlement.

Images of people were forbidden throughout this era.. You only see the skulls, the imps and some general designs. I will post some later images when I get back to the scanner where there is a transition to other designs including images

steve49 Loc: massachusetts

These stones represent the only " artwork" from the Puritan era. Decoration in houses, clothing, etc were forbidden. The marker stones are really the only medium in expression during the earliest period of settlement.

Images of people were forbidden throughout this era.. You only see the skulls, the imps and some general designs. I will post some later images when I get back to the scanner where there is a transition to other designs including images

Jim Plogger Loc: East Tennessee

These are very interesting. I would bet that you would enjoy a book by an old friend of mine. The book is "Maine's Coastal Cemeteries" by Karen Batignani (2002). Karen's husband worked for me and when she became interested in photography. I sold her a Mamiya 645 with an 80mm lens. I have two of these at the time. She used that camera for many of the photos in the book. The book is still available on Amazon. If you have any interest send me a PM and I will send you the link to it.

steve49 Loc: massachusetts

Here are a couple more that I had scanned.
The older ones are at the top... The bottom 3 you begin to see something along the lines of an actual face rather than a skull or skeleton.
particularly #5. He was obviously a preacher and by the mid 1700s the images had begun to change.

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rcarol

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Your photos are nicely done and very interesting. Have you ever had the opportunity to visit Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris? If you enjoy visiting cemeteries, you will go nuts at this one. Many Parisians and visitors alike use this cemetery as a park for having brown-bag lunches. It is spectacular and contains some well know people.

LESTAHL Loc: Colorado

Loved the symbolism they portray. Excellent photography and the stones are in excellent condition. I looked at a few old stones in Plymouth Plantation. Most were either very hard to read or unreadable. Could be the type of stone that makes the difference. A lot of the Plymouth Plantation stones were carved in shale, I think.

Nosaj Loc: Sarasota, Florida

Very nice set and very nicely done.

SWFeral Loc: SWNM

These are good. They sure don't make headstones like they used to, eh? I too love visiting really old cemeteries. Years ago a friend and I found one in southeastern AZ that had what were obviously a lot of victims of the Spanish flu buried in it. Evidently so many died that there wasn't time to sort everyone out and give them a proper marker. One battered old piece of wood marking a grave said simply "Mexican madwoman." What a send-off.

woodweasel Loc: bellingham Wa

Terrific set of captures

steve49 Loc: massachusetts

rcarol wrote:

Your photos are nicely done and very interesting. Have you ever had the opportunity to visit Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris? If you enjoy visiting cemeteries, you will go nuts at this one. Many Parisians and visitors alike use this cemetery as a park for having brown-bag lunches. It is spectacular and contains some well know people.

No, I have not been there... There are so many stories in these places.