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"Untitled. Cemetery monument, Lily."

Dublin Core

Title

"Untitled. Cemetery monument, Lily."

Series

26

Item

1049

Identifier

147562-photonegative-1049

Archival Description

"Untitled. Cemetery monument, Lily." View of tombstones.

Detailed Description

From the Eudora Welty Digital Archives Photographs Collection - MDAH. Black-and-white photograph of a cemetery. In the foreground is a stone monument of a woman in late nineteenth, early twentieth century clothing, "Lily" is etched on the base under the woman's feet. Next to the statue is an obelisk monument with a Masonic symbol on one side. There is a tree behind the statue, as well as various tombstones in the background.

Creator

Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001

Date

ca. 1930s

Location

Crystal Springs, Mississippi

Rights

Copyright © Eudora Welty, LLC; Courtesy Eudora Welty Collection – Mississippi Department of Archives and History
(Permission to publish required).

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