Bleeding Hearts, GracelandThis is a great opportunity to use the Slideshow Option. Just click on this image and then the Slideshow Icon above the enlarged photo and be blown away as Kate's beautiful images from Graceland go rolling by. You'll know it's done when this picture comes up again.
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City of the Dead IOne of the more unusual gathering of tombs in Graceland Cemetery. Eight 19th-century mausoleums abut each other and are inset into a small hill.
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City of the Dead IIA second row of abutting mausoleums.
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Cloud and Sun over GracelandCue angelic chorus, please.
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Detail of Door, Holmes MausoleumDesign of a door panel in the Holmes Mausoleum on the north side of of the cemetery, on the north bank of Lake Willowmere. May be the only art deco mausoleum in Graceland.
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Detail of Door, Holmes Mausoleum IIAnother door panel from the art deco Holmes mausoleum.
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Embodiment of GriefMarker for the Frailey family plot.
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Eternal SilenceCompelling monument sculpted by Loredo Taft for the Graves Family marker. A plaque on the back of the monument reads "Erected by Henry Graves son of Dexter Graves, one of the pioneers of Chicago. Dexter Graves brought the first colony to Chicago consisting of thirteen families arriving here July 15th 1831 from Ashtabula Ohio on the schooner Telegraph and father and son remained citizens of Chicago till their death."
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Eternal Silence, CloseupA closer view of the face of Loredo Taft's monument, Eternal Silence.
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Eternal Silence, Side ViewA side view of Loredo Taft's sculpture Eternal Silence, which decorates the Grave of Dexter Graves and his family.
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Fisher ColumbariumFor Lucius Fisher (Fisher Building) and family; the only columbarium in Graceland. Sculpted by Richard Bach.
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Flower after the RainThis shot of a damp blossom was taken in Graceland after we were forced to take shelter from a sudden spring storm in the Palmer temple.
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Gal under GlassOne of the more popular memorials in Graceland Cemetery, this glass-enclosed sculpture sits near the graves of Mary and John Clarke, who actually did NOT have a daughter named Inez Clarke, listed here with the dates 1873-1880. According to experienced Graceland tour guide Al Walavich, no cemetery or census records exist for a person named Inez Clarke, and the Clarkes only had 2 daughters, neither of whom was named Inez. Instead, a young boy named Amos Briggs and his brother Delbert Briggs are buried here. The original sculptor, Andrew Gagel, probably used this marker on the Clarke's plot as an advertisement.
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Gal Under Glass, DetailSculptor Andrew Gagel infused his statue of "Inez Clarke" with lots of detail, especially for a little girl that never actually existed.
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Getty Tomb, Gate DetailDetail of Louis Henri Sullivan's elegant gate on the entrance of the Getty Tomb in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago.
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Getty Tomb, Graceland CemeteryDesignated a Chicago landmark on March 10, 1971, the 1890 tomb for lumber magnate Henry Harrison Getty (1838-1920) was designed by the architects Adler and Sullivan, and shows the maturity of Sullivan's ornamental style.
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Getty Tomb, Inner Door DetailDetail of the inner door of the Getty Tomb. NOt visible unless you peer through the ornate gates.
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Getty Tomb, Side WindowOrnamentation in stone and metal of the side window of the Getty Tomb in Graceland Cemetery.
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Getty Tomb, Sullivan DoorOK, we have a new camera and are putting it through the cemetery paces...
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Getty Tomb, Sullivan Door Detail
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