By Peggy B. & Pat Perazzo
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- 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