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~ ROCHESTER'S HISTORY ~
AN ILLUSTRATED TIMELINE
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VICTORIAN CEMETERY MONUMENTS
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Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY
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Rustic tablet/headstone
Tends to be thicker and more robust than other designs. It is common to see these memorials with a pattern that looks almost like a stone wall. The main inscription face is usually polished and the polished section may be in the shape of a large arrow pointing upward (direct line to heaven). The hymn "Rock of Ages" is said to have inspired the popularity of rustic tablets in the 1920s and 1930s.
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