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[Orphans decorating their fathers' graves in Glenwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, on Decoration Day] – Antique Wall Art

[Orphans decorating their fathers' graves in Glenwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, on Decoration Day], [1876] — antique engraving
[Orphans decorating their fathers' graves in Glenwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, on Decoration Day], [1876]. Antique engraving from the Philadelphia collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: [Orphans decorating their fathers' graves in Glenwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, on Decoration Day], preserved in this antique engraving. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Children, not adult mourners, take center stage here as orphans lay flowers on their fathers' graves at Glenwood Cemetery in Philadelphia. The scene belongs to Decoration Day, the spring observance that spread across the country after the Civil War as families and communities tended and decorated graves. This wood engraving ran in *The Illustrated London News* in June 1876, a sign that American customs of mourning drew attention overseas. The caption details come from an older catalog card and have not been fully verified, so the specifics of the cemetery and the families shown should be read with that in mind.

Created / published[1876]
Medium1 print : wood engraving.
SubjectsIllus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1876 June 24, p. 612. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Death--Cemeteries; Holidays; Orphans; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,141 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-127250

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