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Print shows a statue of Roscoe Conkling, with cloven hooves, seated on a bench labeled “Supreme Bench” atop a monumental tomb labeled “Sacred to the Memory of J. A. Garfield”; the monument is signed “Guiteau sculpt.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1882-03-08
Graetz, F. (Friedrich), approximately 1840-approximately 1913
James G. Blaine and John Logan stand next to a grave as Whitelaw Reid places a wreath labeled “To the Memory of Discord” on the grave. The tombstone states, “To the Memory of Sectional Strife Buried Nov. 4th 1884.” Caption: This decoration day will give our Blainiac friends a good opportunity to recognize an established fact.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1885-05-27
F. Norton Goddard is fund raising for a memorial to Rebecca Salome Foster, the Tombs Angel. He would like a small contribution from President Roosevelt, but more importantly a letter expressing interest in the project.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-18
F. Norton Goddard would like a letter from Judge Jerome endorsing the construction of a memorial for Rebecca S. Foster, the Tombs Angel. Goddard intends to publish the letter as a fund raising tool. He also hopes to get similar letters from other individuals of prominence in order to get the memorial built as quickly as possible.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-18