Browse Items (599 total)
Sort by:
Stonecutter's Bench
Frank Louis Baker, born 1894 and died 1917, was a stone cutter killed by a lightning strike. His co-workers commissioned this headstone shaped like...
Saddled Pony (Pool & Clark, Lou. KY)-Old Riverside Cemetery, Spencer
Emery C. Raper born 1859, died 1873. Saddled ponies are not common tombstone iconography. Taking into context his age (13), this engraving may symbolize...
Homemade-Dama Stevens--Old Riverside Cemetery, Spencer
Diadem ("Dama") Stevens born 1875, died 1948. This is a simple homemade stone, likely carved by her family. As of 2019 this tombstone was...
Hand Waving Flag (Civil War Soldier)-Old Riverside Cemetery, Spencer
George Emery Mull born 1842, died 1864. The iconography of the hand waving a flag symbolizes Mull's status as a soldier in Company H,...
Masonic-Old Riverside Cemetery, Spencer
George W. May born 1809, died 1859. The iconography on this tombstone represents May's status as a Freemason, a fraternal organization that dates back...
Finger Pointing-Rose-Large Photo Insert--Old Riverside Cemetery, Spencer
Mary E Mills born 1853, died 1874. This tombstone design combines the hand with a finger pointing upward, which represents the Christian notion of...
Photo Insert-Old Riverside Cemetery, Spencer
Milton C. Marshall born 1899, died 1931. This tombstone features an example of a photo-ceramic insert. Ceramic tombstone pictures were invented in the mid-19th...
Weeping Willow-Old Riverside Cemetery, Spencer
Edward B. Lemon born 1817, died 1860. Weeping willows have a long history of appearing in tombstone designs. The weeping willow can symbolize the...
Homemade-Rosellen Dubois--Hindustan Cemetery, Hindustan
Rosellen Dubois born 1916, died 1929. This is an example of a hand-carved tombstone, likely by her family members. The sides of the tombstone...