Chicago cemeteries in fall colors
Feb 8, 2022 08:52:02 #
Built in 1898 and still used to water the cemetery’s 122 acres, the historic water tower stands 50-foot tall, with a 500-gallon tank.
Bohemian National Cemetery by Paul Sager, on Flickr
Spread across 350 acres, Rosehill is Chicago's largest cemetery.
Rosehill Cemetery
FUJIFILM is a Japanese manufacturer of photographic films, papers and cameras established in 1934. Fuji was a major producer of color negative and slide films producing a wide range of own brand professional and consumer films in competition with Kodak and Agfa-Gevaert. Now, only a limited number of film types are still being sold.
Rosehill Cemetery
The Bohemian National Cemetery was founded in 1877 by immigrants from the Eastern European regions of Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia-areas, which make up the Czech Republic and Slovakia today.
Bohemian National Cemetery
Designed by the architect of Chicago’s famous Water Tower, William Boyington, Rosehill Cemetery has lots of Victorian era motifs including wrapped urns, ornamental obelisks, and bricked arches.
Rosehill Cemetery
Bohemian National Cemetery by Paul Sager, on Flickr
Spread across 350 acres, Rosehill is Chicago's largest cemetery.
Rosehill Cemetery
FUJIFILM is a Japanese manufacturer of photographic films, papers and cameras established in 1934. Fuji was a major producer of color negative and slide films producing a wide range of own brand professional and consumer films in competition with Kodak and Agfa-Gevaert. Now, only a limited number of film types are still being sold.
Rosehill Cemetery
The Bohemian National Cemetery was founded in 1877 by immigrants from the Eastern European regions of Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia-areas, which make up the Czech Republic and Slovakia today.
Bohemian National Cemetery
Designed by the architect of Chicago’s famous Water Tower, William Boyington, Rosehill Cemetery has lots of Victorian era motifs including wrapped urns, ornamental obelisks, and bricked arches.
Rosehill Cemetery
Feb 8, 2022 09:06:13 #
Very nice, serene scenes, Paul. BTW, what makes a cemetery “national?”
Feb 8, 2022 09:09:28 #
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Feb 8, 2022 09:46:31 #
47greyfox wrote:
Very nice, serene scenes, Paul. BTW, what makes a cemetery “national?”
Thank you 47greyfox! Maybe 'national' has changed in context in these past 100+ years. I knew the cemetery wasn't 'national' like our national military cemeteries. I'll start a small research project to see if I can any info from the Friends of BNC to see if they have a reason for the name. I have a feeling 'national' will be the context of being from the Bohemia region, like we still hear in immigration today: foreign national means a person who is not a citizen or a permanent resident, and includes a stateless person. But, even this context / meaning would be inaccurate for Chicago citizens in the late 1800s.
The history of the cemetery goes back to issues in the Catholic burials at other local Chicago cemeteries, rules that were against members of the Czech community. So, they created their own cemetery. But for the name, I think we in 2022 read 'national' different than maybe it meant when created in 1898.
Feb 8, 2022 09:49:27 #
Thank you 47greyfox, tradio, Fotoartist! There was a post of Chicago Cemeteries in Winter Snow that didn't get much notice, many of the images again from Bohemian National - https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-724744-1.html
Feb 8, 2022 10:22:26 #
lnl
Loc: SWFL
Thank you for the beautiful photos and informative narrative. You certainly show Fujifilm is still a great vehicle for your use!
Feb 8, 2022 10:55:08 #
lnl wrote:
Thank you for the beautiful photos and informative narrative. You certainly show Fujifilm is still a great vehicle for your use!
Thank lnl! I bought a bunch of expired Superia XTRA 400 in bulk a few years ago, so it's the bulk of my color film in the freezer inventory. The Fuji film I've been most impressed with is Fuji NPH400, that was renamed to Pro 400H, before recently being discontinued. The NPH400/400H colors are less saturated than Superia and all the expired rolls I've used have less 'age impact', again as compared to similarly old Superia.
Feb 9, 2022 05:54:38 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Built in 1898 and still used to water the cemetery... (show quote)
The trees really grace the cemetery. Beautiful colors and shots.
Feb 9, 2022 06:59:24 #
Paul, do you ever get a chance to get pictures of the Queen of Heaven cemetery?
Feb 9, 2022 07:35:09 #
DAN Phillips wrote:
Paul, do you ever get a chance to get pictures of the Queen of Heaven cemetery?
Hey Dan, I've never even heard of it. Checking the map, I'll need a car to get there, something I haven't owned this century. But next time I have a rental, it looks like I'm heading there for sure. Thanks for the heads-up.
Feb 9, 2022 07:36:33 #
Thank you Jim, Dan! I was out last week for more tree shots, winter without leaves in B&W, at some other local cemeteries.
Feb 9, 2022 08:19:51 #
Feb 9, 2022 09:09:50 #
It is such an appropriate match and a great idea! Cemeteries ought to be photographed exclusively in the fall! We would like to see more of them!
Feb 9, 2022 09:35:01 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Thank you 47greyfox, tradio, Fotoartist! There was a post of Chicago Cemeteries in Winter Snow that didn't get much notice, many of the images again from Bohemian National - https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-724744-1.html
Thanks for that link, Paul. You might reconsider the comment on the two old Wrigley Field seats tho. It brought instantly to mind a story about the late Hayden Fry, former Uni of Iowa football head coach. The team had traveled to Ohio St Uni for a game and Fry took them to the Ohio stadium. As they stood on the field not really doing anything, one of the players asked Fry why they made this special trip. His reply reportedly was, “I just wanted to show you where many visitor teams have buried in the past,” or something similar.
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