1 9 t h C e nt u r y Years in Stone
19th Century Years in Stone
g l e n k a l t e nb r u n
this book and its contents are copyright Š 2009 by glen kaltenbrun
an introduction Cemeteries are among my favorite places to visit. To a great extent, they are places of history and artistry but, for me, they are places of untold stories and of connection to another time and place. The stories - usually no more than hinted at on the stones - might involve infant sisters who died eight years apart (plates 26 and 31); a person who died on that most festive of days, Christmas; or another who left a stone with only their first name. Nineteenth century stones is the subject of this book because that time is sufficiently remote for lives to have been dramatically different from ours, but also close enough for me to have had direct experience with "residents" of that century (my grandparents were all born within fifteen years of the end of the American Civil War). To add context, I've included an event that took place in the birth or death year in each photograph.
This book - 19th Century Years in Stone - results from participation in the second Solo Photo Book Month [aka SoFoBoMo] from mid-May to early June 2009. The goal of SoFoBoMo is to produce a PDF book of at least 35 new photographs in 31 days.
PLATE 1
BORN 1803
Ohio admitted to the union as 17th state Santa Barbara Cemetery
PLATE 2
BORN 1804
Thomas Jefferson re-elected president Goleta Cemetery
PLATE 3
BORN 1809 Fulton's steamboat patented
Goleta Cemetery
PLATE 4
BORN 1813
Pineapples first cultivated in Hawaii Santa Barbara Cemetery
PLATE 5
BORN 1817
Mississippi admitted to the union as 20th state Santa Barbara Cemetery
PLATE 6
BORN 1819
Alabama admitted to the union as 22nd state Mission Santa Barbara Cemetery
PLATE 7
BORN 1821
Mexico gains independence from Spain Goleta Cemetery
PLATE 8
BORN 1822
Boston incorporated as a city Goleta Cemetery
PLATE 9
BORN 1824
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony premieres Goleta Cemetery
PLATE 10
BORN 1825
John Quincy Adams elected 6th president Santa Barbara Cemetery
PLATE 11
BORN 1828
Webster's dictionary first published Santa Barbara Cemetery
PLATE 12
BORN 1832
Source of Mississippi River discovered Santa Barbara Cemetery
PLATE 13
BORN 1832
Andrew Jackson re-elected president Goleta Cemetery
PLATE 14
BORN 1835
First tour of P.T. Barnum's circus Mission Santa Barbara Cemetery
PLATE 15
BORN 1835
Horse shoe manufacturing machine patented Goleta Cemetery
PLATE 16
BORN 1850
San Francisco & Los Angeles incorporated as cities Goleta Cemetery
PLATE 17
BORN 1851
Melville's Moby Dick published Goleta Cemetery
PLATE 18
DIED 1851
Yosemite Valley discovered Mission Santa Barbara Cemetery
PLATE 19
BORN 1860
Missouri-California Pony Express service begins Santa Barbara Cemetery
PLATE 20
DIED 1863
Lincoln establishes the Thanksgiving holiday Mission Santa Barbara Cemetery
PLATE 21
DIED 1867
First roller skating rink opens Santa Barbara Cemetery
PLATE 22
DIED 1870
First hotel with indoor plumbing opens Santa Barbara Cemetery
PLATE 23
BORN 1871
President U.S. Grant re-elected Mission Santa Barbara Cemetery
PLATE 24
DIED 1876
First running of the Kentucky Derby Goleta Cemetery
PLATE 25
DIED 1877
Thomas Edison makes first sound recording Santa Barbara Cemetery
PLATE 26
BORN & DIED 1880 First Woolworth's 5 and 10 Cent Store opens
Santa Barbara Cemetery
PLATE 27
DIED 1882
Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe premieres Santa Barbara Cemetery
PLATE 28
DIED 1883 Brooklyn Bridge opens
Santa Barbara Cemetery
PLATE 29
DIED 1883
First Wild West Show presented Santa Barbara Cemetery
PLATE 30
DIED 1885 First cafeteria opens
Santa Barbara Cemetery
PLATE 31
BORN & DIED 1888 George Eastman registers the name Kodak
Santa Barbara Cemetery
PLATE 32
DIED 1889 Eiffel Tower completed
Goleta Cemetery
PLATE 33
DIED 1891
Spam meat product is introduced Santa Barbara Cemetery
PLATE 34
DIED 1892
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes published Goleta Cemetery
PLATE 35
BORN 1896 X-rays discovered
Santa Barbara Cemetery
PLATE 36
DIED 1899
First evaporated milk processed Goleta Cemetery
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