Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2001.9.92 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
The photographer is in the Second (aka South) Family cemetery looking south. Two rows of grave stones are visible. Each monument is made of three stones. There is a white marble tablet with an arched top, a white marble plinth, and a granite base. The grass in the cemetery is long and strewn with many oak leaves. Beyond the grass of the cemetery are trees, and a hill or ridge is visible in the distance. Written on the back in blue pen in Robert Leavitt's handwriting is "Shaker Bridge / South Family / 1920" There is remains of black paper and adhesive at the top of the back of the photo. |
Credit line |
Gift of Robert H. Leavitt |
Title of photo |
Second Family Cemetery |
Date |
1920 |
Photographer |
Babbitt, C. |
Place |
Enfield, NH Shaker Village |
Material |
Photographic Paper |
Print size |
4-5/8" x 3-1/4" |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Lexicon sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Interpretive information |
This is one of 4 photos that seem to be from the same album. Each has remains of black paper on the back along the top edge, is marked 1920 or 1920's, and two are marked "C. Babbitt." The fact that these stones look so uniform is explained by the fact that they are replacement stones and were all installed at the same time. An August 16, 1895 article in the Enfield Advocate that stated that "Elder William Wilson has had about thirty head stones erected in the burial grounds of the South Family of Shakers" It was also noted that the work was done by George Fletcher Andrews, who had a marble shop in Enfield Center. |
Linked documents |
Read a list of the burials in both the Church and Second (South) Family cemeteries (Searchable pdf) |
Relation |
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