Stonecutter's Bench

Baker-Workbench.jpeg

Title

Stonecutter's Bench

Subject

Graves
Workbenches
Stone carving

Description

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 his workbench with scattered tools and carving projects.

Creator

Montgomery, Pauline

Source

Pauline Montgomery Indiana tombstone photographs and records, Collection C386
Ledger pg. 130, image entry no. 5.

Publisher

Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.

Contributor

Meyer, Matthew
Morrison, Katherine

Rights

Copyright owner: Indiana University

Format

Photograph

Identifier

Donor image number 1240.

Coverage

Green Hill Cemetery
Lawrence County

Citation

Montgomery, Pauline, “Stonecutter's Bench,” Indiana University Archives Exhibits, accessed April 27, 2024, https://collections.libraries.indiana.edu/iubarchives/items/show/972.

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