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Tag Archives: Tombstone
Our Gang / Little Rascals Star Norman Chubby Chaney No Longer Has An Unmarked Grave
“Chubsy-Ubsy” Finally Gets A Headstone Norman “Chubby” Chaney, a star for Hal Roach’s Our Gang comedies, (aka the Little Rascals) had been buried in an unmarked grave at Baltimore Cemetery since 1936. He was the first former cast member to … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Movies, Television
Tagged Cemetery, Entertainment, Epitaphs, Hal Roach, Jackie Cooper, Norman Chubby Chaney, Our Gang, The Little Rascals, Tombstone, YouTube
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Old, Curious and Unusual Epitaphs
Some Selections From “Here Lies” A Book About Graveyard Epitaphs This book from 1900 whose full title is: Here Lies: Being a Collection of Ancient & Modern, Humorous and Queer Inscriptions from Tombstones compiled and edited by W.H. Howe, published by The … Continue reading
A Photographic Trip To Green-Wood Cemetery Part 3
Monuments And Odds & Ends The focus for the final installment on Green-Wood Cemetery are monuments and some interesting things that I took note of. Dogs Dogs are not permitted to be buried in human cemeteries. Somehow though fourteen years … Continue reading
Posted in History, New York, Photography
Tagged Brooklyn, Cemetery, Green-Wood Cemetery, New York History, New York Times, Tombstone
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A Photographic Trip To Green-Wood Cemetery Part 2
Do You Know That Name? Continuing the journey through historic Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn the next set of photographs concentrates on some names from history, some remembered today, others forgotten. DeWitt Clinton DeWitt Clinton has many things named after him … Continue reading
A Photographic Trip To Green-Wood Cemetery Part 1
A Different Way To Spend The Day In New York, Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery When I’m asked by people visiting New York what are some of the things they should do while they are here, my answer usually results in incredulous … Continue reading
Posted in History, New York, Photography
Tagged Brooklyn, Cemetery, Epitaphs, Green-Wood Cemetery, Tombstone
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Tombstone Humor
Was She Really That Bad? I can’t imagine why anyone would do this on purpose, but how could the Spanks family not realize the headstone would read for all eternity “Arthur Spanks His Wife Katherine?”
One of the Strangest Deaths in New York’s History
Girls Chase A Boy to Give Him Birthday Kisses and He Dies There is a book called Woodlawn Remembers: Cemetery of American History by Edward F. Bergman (North County Books, 1988.) The book is mostly comprised of beautiful full page … Continue reading
New York Jewish Cemetery Vandalized
Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn Had Over 200 Monuments Desecrated and Toppled in December – Crime Still Unsolved in April Somehow or other this story did not make much of an impact in the news when it occurred in December 2010. … Continue reading
Posted in New York
Tagged Brooklyn, Crime, New York History, Tombstone, Washington Cemetery, YouTube
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