Saturday, May 1, 2010

Theme Day: Statues

The first of every month is Theme Day in the City Daily Photo world.  This month's theme is "statues."  Mt. View Cemetery in North Oakland, established in 1863, is full of interesting statuary. This is one of my favorites.  The Crocker name is well-known in California, being associated with banking and the railroads.  This is the tomb of Henry S. Crocker who came to California during the Gold Rush but found his fortune in publishing.  Click here to view thumbnails for all participants in this month's Theme Day.

13 comments:

  1. Beautiful ART, and a very nice shot!

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  2. Love this angelic pose. It's a classic!

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  3. hee hee
    The angel is saying "I feel a little blah today. I wonder if the Boss will mind if I raise a little hell tonight..."

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  4. Pour le 1er Mai, «Louis» vous donne <a href="http://bayphoto.blogspot.com/2009/05/le-premier-mai-le-muguet-porte-bonheur.html'>un bouquet de muguet</a>!

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  5. «Louis» has no idea why Blogger published the HTML instead of the link in the above comment. Blogger is being weird (AGAIN!) today!

    grrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!

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  6. "Angel Experiencing a Bout of Ennui" could be the title of this grave top sculpture. Obviously a teen angel.

    Thank you for your interesting comment on my studio blog, Ragzedge. I would so love to be able to rummage through that box of old linens!

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  7. Oh she is wonderful. So sad

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  8. Oh so perfect for a graveyard. Wonderful!

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  9. Beautiful choice ! Good thing he made a fortune over 150 years ago, because there is no fortune to be made in publishing nowadays !

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  10. It's a beautiful angel and a wonderful choice for theme day, Carolyn. Very interesting information about such a historical family too.

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  11. I have found that old cemetaries have some of the most fabulous statuary. The tombstones make for quite interesting reading, as well.

    Thanks for entering my giveaway. Just nineteen more days to go, so keep those entries coming. :)

    Liz @ the Brambleberry Cottage

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  12. This is so beautiful! Great entry on the theme.

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