Southern Necropolis Photography

Heres some examples from catalog pages of tombstone markers that I managed to track down on the web. The Sears catalog began monument sales in the late 1880’s for several years before the independent production of the Monuments and Markers catalog in 1902. This continued on for several years before ceasing production in the 1940’s.

Upon talking to a friend of mine, John Martine, I was impressed with the number of catalogs (at least two other companies produced catalogs) that existed from which monuments could be purchased. The variety of styles is impressive as well. He shared some of the images from these catalogs with me and I am truly grateful.