Mount Auburn Cemetery

Bigelow, Jacob; Dearborn, Henry Alexander Scammell; Wadsworth, Alexander
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/156240
Date
1831
Description
First American garden cemetery; before park movement, a popular spot for recreational outings.
 
general view, stone steps leading up hill, with monuments and sign for "Lavender P"
 
Type of Work
Cemetery
Subject
Gardens, Cambridge (Mass.), Landscape architecture, Sepulchral monuments, Cemeteries -- Massachusetts, Watertown (Mass.), Signs, Steps, Boston Suburbs - Chapter 1 - Pre-1865
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(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, photograph by Lois A. Craig
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