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Cemetery Maintenance

Date: 08 27 1980
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man mowing the lawn at the Veterans' Administration Wood National Cemetery.
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Cemetery Monument

Date: 08 22 1964
Description: The Hansen monument in a Washington Island cemetery. The monument is surrounded by a cluster of Tiger Lillies which are no longer blooming.
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Lincoln Tomb

Date: 1874
Description: View across lawn toward the Lincoln Tomb, the final resting place of Abraham Lincoln, his wife Mary, and three of their four sons, Edward, William, and Tho...
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Moravian Cemetery

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Description: View of a Moravian Cemetery, used as a burial site from 1742 - 1910, selected and consecrated by Count von Zinzendorf. The cemetery features flat graveston...
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Cemetery

Date: 07 19 1912
Description: Photographic postcard of the cemetery, with scattered tombstones among the trees. Caption reads: "Cemetey[sic] Alma, Wis."
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Cemetery

Date: 1920
Description: View across road of a cemetery.
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Hedjord Graves

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Description: Ten graves of the Hedjord family in the Muskego churchyard. There is an obelisk is the center of graves.
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Memorial Day

Date: 05 1987
Description: "Memorial Day at the River Church Cemetery."
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Union Cemetery

Date: 05 26 1997
Description: "Theresa American Legion Post 270 veterans visited seven cemeteries as they paid homage to departed comrades. Gary Erdman, Sargent-at-arms, stood at attent...
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River Church Cemetery

Date: 05 1989
Description: Legionaries place flowers on graves at River Church Cemetery.
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Joey Bernhard

Date: 05 1993
Description: Joey Bernhard plays TAPS on Memorial Day.
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Memorial Day

Date: 05 1993
Description: Mourners, miltary band, and white crosses on Memorial day.
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Glass Cased Monument

Date: 1900
Description: Detail of a cemetery showing a monument in the form of a marble statue of a seated young girl or woman sitting on a bench. The statue is enclosed in a prot...
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Pine Grove Cemetery

Date: 1913
Description: The Stewart mausoleum located in Pine Grove Cemetery. Flowers and a wreath are at the front door of the mausoleum.
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Bascom Hill Grave Excavation

Date: 07 13 1918
Description: View of the excavation of two graves located on University Hill (now Bascom Hill). Main Hall (now Bascom Hall) can be seen in the background.
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Goetsch Family Monument

Date: 01 07 1900
Description: Goetsch family monument located at the Juneau cemetery.
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Funeral Arrangement for August Krueger

Date: 1923
Description: Floral funeral arrangements for August Krueger at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Funeral Arrangement

Date: 1923
Description: Funeral floral arrangement for August Krueger at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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August Krueger Funeral Arrangement

Date: 1923
Description: Several floral arrangements for the funeral of August Krueger at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Floral Funeral Arrangements for August Krueger

Date: 1923
Description: Floral funeral arrangements for August Krueger at Oak Hill Cemetery. The arrangements are organized in line with wreaths standing in back and loose flower...

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