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Photography Gallery

Cemeteries

Boehne Monument
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Boehne Monument

John W. Boehne, Sr., was mayor of Evansville from 1905-1908 and later served as U. S. Congressman; monument is in the Lutheran Cemetery; photo taken c. 1980

Carpenter Monument
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Carpenter Monument

Monument of Willard Carpenter, founder of Willard Library (d. 1883), in Oak Hill Cemetery; photo dated October 10, 1996 (17PC 27)

Denby Monument
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Denby Monument

Charles Denby was a Civil War Union Army officer, U. S. Minister to China, and was involved in the creation of Willard Library; buried at Oak Hill Cemetery after his death in 1904 (Marchand 26)

James Bethel Gresham's Grave
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James Bethel Gresham's Grave

Photo taken in France by the New York Times on January 7, 1918, two months after Gresham's death; he is now buried in Locust Hill Cemetery (Knecht 535)

Johnson Monument
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Johnson Monument

Memorial to Mead Johnson in Oak Hill Cemetery; photo
dated October 10, 1996 (17PC 45)

Kiefer Monument
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Kiefer Monument

New Salem Cemetery, Campground Rd.; photo dated October 6, 1996 (18PC 22)

Locust Hill Cemetery
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Locust Hill Cemetery

Belfry; early 1900s (Riggs 14)

Oak Hill Cemetery
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Oak Hill Cemetery

Administration building; early 1900s (Knecht 3651)

Oak Hill Cemetery
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Oak Hill Cemetery

Two girls gaze at pond in front of the Administration building; early 1900s (Marchand 23)

Oak Hill Cemetery
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Oak Hill Cemetery

Civil War section; photo dated October 6, 1996 (17PC 31)

Oak Hill Cemetery
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Oak Hill Cemetery

Headstones marking the graves of Civil War soldiers; photo dated October 6, 1996 (17PC 32)

Oak Hill Cemetery
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Oak Hill Cemetery

View of lake; photo dated 1909 (Knecht 3652)

Oak Hill Cemetery
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Oak Hill Cemetery

Entrance gate; c. 1909 (Knecht 3650)

Oak Hill Cemetery
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Oak Hill Cemetery

Construction of the Bosse monument; photo dated 1915 (Knecht 1048)

Oak Hill Cemetery
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Oak Hill Cemetery

Civil War soldiers burial section; photo dated 1911 (Oak Hill 1)

Oak Hill Cemetery
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Oak Hill Cemetery

New administration building (old office and residence visible in background at left); c. 1899 (Oak Hill 2)

Oak Hill Cemetery
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Oak Hill Cemetery

Residence and office building; erected in 1864 and razed in 1899 (Oak Hill 4)

Oak Hill Cemetery
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Oak Hill Cemetery

Newly-installed fountain; c. 1911 (Oak Hill 5)

Oak Hill Cemetery
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Oak Hill Cemetery

Main entrance and gate; c. 1911 (Oak Hill 6)

Oak Hill Cemetery
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Oak Hill Cemetery

New section in cemetery; photo dated 1911 (Oak Hill 7)

Oak Hill Cemetery
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Oak Hill Cemetery

Peelar family monument; c. 1911 (Oak Hill 8)

Oak Hill Cemetery
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Oak Hill Cemetery

Caption on photo: "Showing the bad effect of too many monuments 1911" (Oak Hill 9)

Oak Hill Cemetery
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Oak Hill Cemetery

Well at the side of the cemetery road; c. 1911 (Oak Hill 10)

Oak Hill Cemetery
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Oak Hill Cemetery

Adminstration building and pond; c. 1911 (Oak Hill 3)

Shanklin Monument
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Shanklin Monument

Oak Hill Cemetery; photo dated October 6, 1996 (17PC 15)

St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
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St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery

Cemetery entrance; c. 1996 (17PC 111)

St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
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St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery

View of the lily pond; early 1900s (Knecht 3342)

Suhrheinrich Monument
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Suhrheinrich Monument

Oak Hill Cemetery; photo dated October 6, 1996 (17PC 14)

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