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From Quarry to Cemetery Monuments

By Peggy B. & Pat Perazzo

Marble Quarry at Proctor, Vermont Arrow pointing right Marble cemetery stone at the Old City Cemetery in Sacramento, California
  • Introduction
  • Principal Varieties of Materials Used for Cemetery Markers
  • Types of Stone Quarrying & Quarries
  • Stone imported into California during the latter half of the 1800s for Cemetery Stones
  • California Quarries that Supplied Stone
  • Tools & Equipment Used in Quarrying Stone
  • Transporting Stone from the Quarry to the Stone Mill or Retail Shop
  • Stone Mills or Workshops for Dressing, Shaping, Layout, Carving, Finishing, & Polishing Stone
  • Monumental Shops
  • Advertising Cemetery Stones & Accessories by Monumental Magazines, Cemetery Monument Cards, & Pattern Books, & Architectural Designs
  • Cemetery Stones / Monuments & Accessories from Catalogs & Price Lists
  • Transporting & Installing Monuments in Cemeteries in the 1920’s
  • Signed Cemetery Stones of the Past
  • Some Monument Companies & Individuals
  • A Few Words About Old Cemetery Stones
  • Conclusion
  • References & Resources

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