A typical East European cross-topped tombstone; this one originally held a photograph of the deceased, which has long since faded.
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Victoria Zalot Tombstone, St. Mary and St. Ignatius Cemeteries
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Joseph Pinkos Monument, St. Mary and St. Ignatius Cemeteries
An English-language monument among many Polish-language monuments; Mr. Pinkos died relatively young, and could perhaps have been a second-generation immigrant. Cameo photographs appear in Polish monuments of a century ago more often than in any other class of monument; indeed, they seem to be an almost exclusively Polish phenomenon. This one is unfortunately smashed.
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Unidentified Woman, St. Adalbert’s Cemetery
KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA Father Pitt cannot read the inscription, which has been almost obliterated; but although we do not know her name, we know exactly what this unidentified Polish woman looked like, because, under a thick crystal, a small photograph of her as a bride is embedded in the stone. There was probably a statue or urn on top of the stone, but nothing remains of it.
