This monument to industrialist George J. (1834-1910) and Adelia M. Hopkins (1840-1899) Roberts in Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, 118 Woodland Avenue in Dayton, Ohio, depicts a woman in mourning holding a wreath. The statue was carved from lovely white marble, and is unblemished by visitors. The epitaph reads: “To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” George J. Roberts & Company, at the corner of Second and Mill Streets in Dayton, manufactured steam pumps and hydraulic machinery.
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[…] 35. Roberts monument (catalog 12) obverse. Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, OH. Photo: Michael A. Kleen, used with […]
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Sure! Can’t wait to read it
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Very thorough! I’m fascinated by similar monuments I’ve seen throughout the country. My favorite is of a lady reading to a younger woman. I see slight variations all over the place. https://michaelkleen.com/2021/09/02/stories-in-stone-william-c-skinner/
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May I have permission to use the two photographs here to illustrate an extension of my argument on this topic? With full credit, of course.
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Extremely interesting. I’ve been studying this type for years and never seen a marble grief figure attached–always granite. I’m guessing this monument is from 1899 rather than 1910: what do you think? http://syngrammata.com/2019/10/26/an-interesting-and-malleable-monument-type/
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