Gravestone Photographs

The Farber collection at the American Folk Art Museum contains almost 300 print photographs, 300 photographic slides, and 17 replicas of gravestones, both mounted photographs on masonite and in concrete. Though some of the photographs include both full stone and corresponding details, the majority of the images depict individual gravestones, meaning that the collections contains images of approximately 500 unique stones. Details about each stone has been recorded, including the name and date of the deceased, location of cemetery, carver if known, and any other pertinent details.

The approximately 500 stones featured in this collection are only a portion of the over 9,300 stones the Farbers photographed. Both the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) and Yale Universty Art Galleries own complete sets of the photographs and slides, and 27 other institutions, including AFAM, received smaller sets of prints. The Farbers and AAS collaborated to digitize the complete set of Farber photographs, as well as gravestone photograph collections by Harriette Merrifield Forbes and Dr. Ernest Caulfield. These can be found: http://luna.davidrumsey.com:8280/luna/servlet/view/all?sort=Name,Dates

The photographs are all in excellent condition.