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Cornfield and Cemetery

Date: 09 1967
Description: View over cornfield of a cemetery on the side of a hill surrounded by a fence. On the hill behind the cemetery are more cornfields.
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Ehle Monument

Date: 08 24 1925
Description: A very large cemetery monument with a female figure sculpture, inscribed with the name Ehle. There is a shed in the background. The Ehle family lived in ...
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Mount Washington Cemetery

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Description: A view of an elk atop the Elks Rest Monument in Mount Washington Cemetery. Gravestones and trees can be seen in the background. The inscription on the monu...
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Robert E. Lee's Tomb

Date: 1880
Description: Interior view of Washington and Lee University chapel showing tomb of Robert E. Lee. Portraits hang on the wall around an arch leading to the tomb.
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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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Grave of Colonel Hans Heg

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of women and one child alongside the graves of Colonel Hans Heg, commander of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry, and his daughter Annetta....
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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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Monument in the McFarland Cemetery

Date: 07 22 2012
Description: A memorial monument at the grave of Mary McFarland in the McFarland Cemetery.
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 132

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Description: The parson came. He said it well:
Enough is all we want, to hold and sleep on,
not the sky.
A little harvest of the sorrows
between the sentenc...
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Grave Marker for Stephen Collins Foster

Date: 1900
Description: Grave marker for Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864). Rows of benches are in the background.
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Recording Angel

Date: 1971
Description: A bronze statue of a female angel holding a large book in her lap is in front of a marble gravestone. Gravestones are in the background on the right.

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