Nose Bacon
These Are The The Inner Mind Ramblings of Me.
I am an American (from and currently residing in Pennsylvania) wife and mother with a twisted sense of humor, an open liberal mind, and somewhat macabre hobbies.
Here is where I like to post things that encompass all my interests. Drop me a note if you would like to ask me a question, or anything else.
If I own it I will say so, if I don't claim it as original, then I do not claim to own it.
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Original cemetery photography by me
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Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
William Hoyt, 1837-1925
Prosperous grocer in Chicago, his massive monument bears a lot of symbolism. The statue in the middle holds a cross, meaning faith and salvation, the statue on the left holds an anchor, meaning hope, and the statue on the the right holds a child meaning love.
Hoyt lost everything in the Great Chicago fire of 1871 but immediately started over. However, the four stones in a row by this monument show a greater loss, all bearing the same date- December 30, 1903. A date well known in Chicago history.
On that day, fire broke out at the Iroquois Theatre in downtown. Many people were trapped, the death toll reaching 600.
Hoyt lost his daughter, Emile, and her three children, aged 15, 12, and 9. Emiles husband never recovered from the shock and also died a few months later. -
Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
William Kimball
1828-1904original cemetery photography by me
