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Life everlasting :the history, art and people of Woodlawn Cemetery, 1850-2000, Everett, Massachusetts /Elizabeth Durfee Hengen ; principal photography, Richard Cheek.

Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-251698

Description

119 p. : ill. (some col.), plans, ports. ; 28 cm., Woodlawn Cemetery, founded in 1850, was the third major rural cemetery established in the Boston area. It was a classic Victorian cemetery with scenic vistas, shady groves, rustic arbors, ponds, winding paths, lush landscaping and a conservatory that ranked among the finest propagating houses anywhere. Within Woodlawn's magnificient grounds are buried people from all walks of life, and their lives are chronicled in this richly illustrated commemorative history.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Cemeteries
Cemeteries Landscape architecture.
Sepulchral monuments
Inscriptions

Originator

Hengen, Elizabeth Durfee.
Cheek, Richard.

Publication

Everett, Mass. : Woodlawn Cemetery

Description

119 p. : ill. (some col.), plans, ports. ; 28 cm.
Woodlawn Cemetery, founded in 1850, was the third major rural cemetery established in the Boston area. It was a classic Victorian cemetery with scenic vistas, shady groves, rustic arbors, ponds, winding paths, lush landscaping and a conservatory that ranked among the finest propagating houses anywhere. Within Woodlawn's magnificient grounds are buried people from all walks of life, and their lives are chronicled in this richly illustrated commemorative history.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 116) and index.
Complimentary copy, 2001.

ISBN

0970939507
9780970939500

Call Number

Stacks F74.E962 H46 2001

Other People and Orgs

Woodlawn Cemetery.

Places

Massachusetts Everett.
Massachusetts Everett
Everett (Mass.)
Massachusetts.
Woodlawn Cemetery (Everett, Mass.)

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