Monuments in Graceland Cemetery in Chicago

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Walking through old cemeteries like Graceland in Chicago gives an interesting perspective on the history of the city. The beautiful monuments and the names and dates tell of those who came before us and built the city!

Peter Schoenhofen, 1827 - 1893 was a wealthy Chicago brewer. The monument features the unlikely combination of an Egyptian pyramid and sphinx with a typical Victorian era angel. There is a snake entwined around the door handle.


Potter Palmer, 1826 - 1902 & Bertha Palmer, 1849 - 1918
This grand Greek temple with the twin sarcophagi is a monument to the. Palmers. Mr Palmer pioneered customer satisfaction in his dry goods store, with money-back guarantees, merchandise on approval, and attractive store displays. He sold his successful business to Marshall Field and went on to become successful in real estate, including the magnificent Palmer House Hotel.

Lyon-Gary Monument

William McKibben Sanger Monument, not dated, features a bronze female figure in a gesture of prayer who leans forward from a Celtic cross on the front of the dark granite pyramidal base. William M. Sanger (1844-77) is notable for being the brother of Mrs. George Pullman (Hattie).

Joseph Mory Daggett monument

This tomb was originally built for William Wrigley Jr, founder of the chewing gum company and owner of the Chicago Cubs. He sold the then unused crypt to the Cox family when he moved to California. Amariah George Cox was a vice president at Wrigley.

Tomb of William Kimball
Founded WW Kimball Company 1857, Kimball rose to become the largest piano maker in the world

John J (1853-1927) and Mary Louise (1868-1927) Mitchell

The couple were prominent in Illinois society and John was a banker and sat on many boards including the Field Museum.
The couple owned a home on Lake Geneva in Wisconsin and one night while returning home to Chicago their chauffeur hit a patch of ice and overturned the car in a ditch. Mary died instantly and John a few days later.

Mary Elizabeth “Lida” Eddy Tallmadge
Birth
13 Feb 1851
Madison County, Indiana, USA
Death
23 Feb 1921 (aged 70)
Evanston, Cook County, Illinois

Henry Hamilton Honoré tomb in French Gothic style

I tried to find a few snippets of information about a few of the monuments that I have photos of. Hope you found it interesting.

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How beautiful! I can picture myself there; it looks like a movie!!

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Nice photos. I usually think of cemeteries as places that can be a bit spooky, but in these cases of monumental cemeteries or those combined with parks, I must say that they look interesting.

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It probably is spooky after dark, but on a bright sunny afternoon it's a great place to go for a walk!
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It is certainly surprising how the 'air' of a place changes with the changes in lighting during the day and night.

Sometimes a place that looks a bit eerie at night may look majestic in daylight, but not scary.

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if you post without any text, I would not believe that it is part of a tomb, all the fact that most of those building are in the cemetery is very fascinating.

Something that I would never see here in my county, especially in the island I living in.
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It is a beautiful cemetery, built when there was plenty of land available for people who had money for elaborate tombs.

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These are so beautiful and little errie at the same time. Tenks for sharing your valuable experiences...

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This is a nice walk, tombs are beautiful and I liked to know about the history of the people who lived there.

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You are an Ecency Points spreading machine hehe but you deserve them too!! 😁

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Hello lady @melinda010100 good day
I don't really like cemeteries, but when I saw your photos I changed my mind, I would love to see one like this
what beautiful and colorful photos
have a beautiful day

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It's more like walking through a park. You almost forget that it is a cemetery!
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Quite an exceptional cemetry! And, a good way to keep the memories who have past already!

Thanks for sharing the photographs with a bit of background history each of it.

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There are cemetery tours to learn more. That might be fun to do one day, but this info was bits of what I could find online
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Perfect post on honor of the dead this time of year. ♥️ Those are amazing.

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I'm not rich enough to build myself a huge monument like those! lol I do notice none of them were poor! Great pictures and excellent stories to accompany. Thanks, very cool!
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Gives perspective to world views back in the day also. To imagine the cost of building those monuments for your tomb. Wow

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Big money in the monument business back then! Many of these were designed by architects.

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I'm glad you found some of the info on the people too. How different the tombs and structures are. It is amazing that people were so elaborate in those earlier days.

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