Memory table: Gedenkblatt, Erinnerung an theure Hingeschiedene – Historic Print
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Memory table: Gedenkblatt, Erinnerung an theure Hingeschiedene comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Memory table: Gedenkblatt, Erinnerung an theure Hingeschiedene
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The inscription on this piece, *Gedenkblatt, Erinnerung an theure Hingeschiedene*, translates roughly as "memorial sheet, remembrance of dear departed," and its German wording points to a family of German speakers who kept such records. Memorial sheets like this were often displayed in the home, where blank spaces were left for the names and dates of relatives who had died, so the piece served as both a keepsake and a family register. Its place in a Memorial Day group reflects the wider nineteenth-century custom of honoring the dead through remembrance in the home as well as at the graveside.
| Original scan | 6,806 × 8,130 px · prints to 23 × 27 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 00233u |
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