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Metadata
Object ID |
55297 |
Accession number |
55297 |
Object Name |
Photograph |
Description |
A black and white photograph of the headstone of Elizabeth Balch from the Abbott Street Cemetery in Beverly, Massachusetts. Elizabeth Balch died in 1730. The skull on the headstone was one of the most common symbols on gravestones, used to represent death and mortality. |
Date |
1730 |
Search Terms |
photograph funeral cemetery death mortality grave headstone skull Abbott Street |
Print size |
5" x 7" |
Place |
Abbott Street Cemetery Beverly, Massachusetts |
People |
Balch, Elizabeth |