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Wednesday, September 08, 2021

Malakoff Cemetery - II

As we saw yesterday, there are plenty of wooden grave markers here. Some, like the one above, are clearly made by a hand not practiced in wood carving.

This hand-hewn marker has not stood the test of time so well.

And this one is terse on the writing, suggesting that the carver is simply able to get to the point with no embellishments.

Not all those buried here were poor, however. The marker below is as ornate as any we see out here in the gold country.


 

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