Finger Pointing-Rose-Large Photo Insert--Old Riverside Cemetery, Spencer
Title
Finger Pointing-Rose-Large Photo Insert--Old Riverside Cemetery, Spencer
Subject
Roses
Pointing fingers
Hands
Ceramics
Photographs
Description
Mary E Mills born 1853, died 1874. This tombstone design combines the hand with a finger pointing upward, which represents the Christian notion of the path towards heaven, and a rose in the hand's grasp. Roses can symbolize beauty, virtue, love, and hope. The empty rectangular inset shape suggests there once was a photo-ceramic insert on the tombstone. The photo-ceramic insert may have been removed intentionally or could have fallen off due to wear.
Creator
Montgomery, Pauline
Source
Pauline Montgomery Indiana tombstone photographs and records, Collection C386
Ledger pg. 92, entry no. 5
Publisher
Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
Date
1962
Contributor
Meyer, Matthew
Morrison, Katherine
Rights
Copyright owner: Indiana University
Format
Photograph
Identifier
Donor image number 916
Coverage
Old Riverside Cemetery
Owen County
Citation
Montgomery, Pauline, “Finger Pointing-Rose-Large Photo Insert--Old Riverside Cemetery, Spencer,” Indiana University Archives Exhibits, accessed April 27, 2024, https://collections.libraries.indiana.edu/iubarchives/items/show/967.