Thursday, June 16, 2022

Elena


A wedding photograph...


...mounted on a handsome grave marker for a young wife and mother.


Photographed in Saint Mary's Romanian Orthodox Cemetery near Kayville, Saskatchewan on May 26, 2022.

4 comments:

  1. She died in 1924 and now I wonder if this grave marker is relatively new. I don't think they had the technology back then to add pictures....or did they.

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    1. The technology to produce ceramic photographs has been around since the 1850's. One that is well-made should last for centuries.

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    2. Well, I just learned something! I never dreamt that sort of tech was available back then. Would imagine the family must have been well off in order to afford it though.

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    3. Even a simple marble or granite headstone would have been a major expense, let alone the additional cost of a ceramic photograph. Most likely those that added the personal touch of a ceramic photo remembering their beloved weren't really considering the cost...the visual memory was what was important.

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