Best monument photography books according to redditors

https://www.amazon.com/Massacre-Duffys-Cut-Conspiracy-Pennsylvania/dp/1467139084

He wrote it with his brother so maybe that’s why it didn’t come up.

Thanks for sharing!

One of my personal faves is my 6th and 7th g-grandfathers' longtime business partner, Enoch Freeman; a land surveyor and attorney in what is now Portland, Maine. Freeman outlived his wife and some of his children. By the time he died, the burial ground lacked space for Freeman to be interred with his own family. His solution, which clearly had posterity in mind, as did the stone you shared, was to therefore list a directional azimuth to his family's gravesite, from his own. His stone reads:

This Stone is erected to the memory of the late Honorable Enoch Freeman, Esq'r, who died Sept. 2d, 1788, aged 82 years. His wife lies near and four children, S. I7" W. 4 or 5 Rods from this Grave

If I remember right, only one stone among his wife and children had survived the years -- therefore making Freeman's directional message, carved by Bartlett Adams, a terrific source of information!

http://www.amazon.com/Sleeping-Beauty-Memorial-Photography-America/dp/0942642325/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251470070&sr=8-5

FYI that book was redacted quite a bit. Proenneke had a lot to say about the various government shenanigans that affected the Twin Lakes park and much of it was taken out by the publishers. More Readings... gives the full story straight from the horse's mouth.

It's also not his voice narrating the video, despite the impression it gives.

I own a few of these, read all but "Tales", and they're pretty good.

Orioles Encyclopedia

Baseball in Baltimore - photos

Pitching, defense and 3-run Homers - 1970 O's

The Earl of Baltimore

Baseball in Baltimore - 100 years

History of a Colorful Team - St. Louis & Baltimore

Four Decades of Magic

Tales from the Dugout



We should start a group on LibraryThing... edit: done.

In the case of Fulton, people were paid to sell their buildings (and many resisted the sales, and even sued in the courts against the demolition.) but the properties weren't just taken away. The people selling made a choice to sell their real estate and move elsewhere. For impoverished people, receiving a sum for a house that, in some cases, had no heat or running water was probably a windfall.

A great book on early Fulton is The World of Patience Gromes, that deals with this subject specifically.

Selden Richardson's, Built by Blacks is also a great resource regarding Richmonds' African American communites and the architecture that developed in those places.


Also, some great history and images of Old Fulton can be found here:

https://chpn.net/?s=Old+fulton

I think this book will be right up your alley! I’m pretty sure it has pics of Metro North in it as well.

Autopsy of America: The Death of a Nation https://www.amazon.com/dp/1908211490/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_535VCbC80BAXW

I recently got the book "Monument" which is pretty good.

https://www.amazon.com/Depeche-Mode-Monument-Dennis-Burmeister/dp/1617755931/ref=asc_df_1617755931/

Monument is what you're looking for. Best DM book out there period.

https://smile.amazon.com/Depeche-Mode-Monument-Dennis-Burmeister/dp/1617755931/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499365772&sr=8-1&keywords=depeche+mode+monument

five minutes of research tells me it isn't an "internet myth". the burns archive, for one, not to mention the 3 volume Sleeping Beauty book series, which was published in 1990 and is what brought post-mortem photography back into the public consciousness.

I mean it wasn't beanie baby levels of popular, but I feel like you're downplaying what it actually was.

that said, I absolutely agree that this woman likely isn't dead, but I can see why people would make the comparison.

Your wish is my command.

Book 1
Book 2

While i'm at it, [this] (https://www.amazon.com/Hasnt-Everything-Already-Disappeared-French/dp/1906497400/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1497648843&sr=1-1&keywords=Baudrillard+why+hasn%27t) one by Baudrillard is a cross between a photo album and an essay on metaphysics. And [here] (https://www.amazon.com/Athens-Still-Remains-Photographs-Jean-Franois/dp/0823232069) is Derrida analyzing some photos of Athens.

[Bound to be Read Books] (http://www.boundtobereadbooks.com) in East Atlanta has a nice little Atlanta history section, from what I recall.

Also, these are definitely not coffee table books, but the Atlanta history book series from Arcadia Publishing has had my eye for awhile, since they seem to be in every bookstore around town, from local shops to Barnes & Noble. Not sure of the quality of the content, but I've been meaning to check them out: http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/state/Georgia

Their book on Oakland Cemetery: http://www.amazon.com/Historic-Oakland-Cemetery-Images-America/dp/0738513555

Their book on Grant Park: http://www.amazon.com/Historic-Grant-Images-America-Series/dp/0738587427

Thanks for that link, I forgot this was on Google Books.

Let me get back to you on the recommendations of antique books. I am in the process of moving and most of this stuff is packed away. For more recently published works, I would recommend two that Rose O'Keefe authored; one on the South Wedge and another on Southeast Rochester.

This. Historical societies can be a great resource. A friend of mine is very active in the one in Wading River where I grew up, and she has photos and old postcards from all over those two towns, from very early on. Much of it went into a book that I bought a while back: https://smile.amazon.com/Shoreham-Wading-River-Postcard-History/dp/0738592455/

Is this the sort of thing you're looking for?

On the Blu-ray, or perhaps it was the DVD since I rented it, The Haunting In Connecticut is a short documentary about how it was once normal in America to keep deceased relatives in the home for a funeral and it was common to take photos with them. The author that narrated the short had done a picture book on the topic, now out of print and selling for astronomical prices on Amazon used. The documentary is only available on one version of the film, not sure which, and IMO it's better than the film. Here's the description.

Memento Mori: The History of Postmortem Photography" (10:26) has author Stanley B. Burns talking about this odd practice.

Here's the book. http://www.amazon.com/Sleeping-Beauty-Memorial-Photography-America/dp/0942642325?ie=UTF8&keywords=Stanley%20b.%20Burns&qid=1465467096&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1

Here's someone looking at the photos online describing the once popular phenomena.

https://youtu.be/UTMUjAvEFho

My friends, Lisa Speranza and Nancy Foley (mentioned in the article) wrote a great book about the cemetery: https://www.amazon.com/Allegheny-Cemetery-Images-America-Speranza/dp/1467117382
Lisa is finishing up her next book about Homewood Cemetery which will be available in December.
She just took me on a 2 hour walking tour a few weeks ago and it was fascinating (and a really great hike!) She's available for tours if you contact the cemetery office.

>Fuqua Korger used to be a golf course.

...and soon will be a parking lot (along with Glenwood Ave).

Before I read this book I didn't really understand how profoundly the interstates ripped the neighborhood fabric apart.

If only this country would get a raging boner for alternative transportation now like they did for automobiles in the second half of the 20th century.

Agreed, though it's not really written by him and he wasn't too stoked on the eloquence with which his story got told. Check out the original journal. It's so bad, it's actually really good: http://www.amazon.com/More-Readings-From-Mans-Wilderness/dp/1616085541/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_y

check this : https://www.amazon.com/Autopsy-America-Nation-Seph-Lawless/dp/1908211490

You used to hear that more pre-Spurrier. The closest thing the team has to an official history is named that: https://www.amazon.com/Fightin-Gators-History-University-Football/dp/0738505595

Shameless plug of a co-worker's book on Shoreham History, she's in charge of the Tesla Science Center

This is actually a death photo (it's the last example in the work Sleeping Beauty : Memorial Photography in America) which used to be a tradition. You'll notice that the woman lying down looks more pale and rigid (you can see the obvious rigor mortis in her legs and feet), and has much more makeup on her face. The radio was placed where it is to hide the base of the wire scaffolding that is used to frame her body as if she's playing cards. The work was commissioned by her husband who couldn't accept his wife's sudden death.