Aug. 11th, 2017

Graceland

Aug. 11th, 2017 10:51 pm
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Back in the end of June, while visiting Chicago, I stopped in a Graceland for a quick visit. Here are a few pics. You can see the other couple dozen here, at Mourning Souls.

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Graves

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The Kroeschell monument is really interesting. The monument is torn asunder, to echo the way the deceased was torn from this world, and grief that remains. I guess. I saw one with that motif last weekend at Forest Home, but this one is amazingly well done.

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The Schoenhofen pyamid.

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A jewel of modern architecture, by Louis Sullivan in 1890.

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One of the largest monuments in Graceland, this 1907 construction was to honor piano maker William Kimball.

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