These are all from 1918 and 1919. Some of the appear to be drawings, but I could be wrong.
Located at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Frontenac, Kansas.
1918
Antone Sesso
1869 - 1918
Rosie Kerar
Born
Oct 28, 1903
Died
Dec 25, 1918
Frank Lipoglav
Sept 17, 1907 - June 15, 1918
1919
John Demark
Mar 3, 1876 - July 24, 1919
Ojciec Maciej Berbus
1873 - 1919
Marie Kalusha
Oct 20, 1891 - Apr 26, 1919
Antonia Konec
Rojena (Born)
14 Dec 1891
Vmrla (Died)
14 Dec 1919
Note: I believe this one is written in Slovenian.
I wonder how they created those images. Apparently ceramic pictures have been around since the mid-19th century.
ReplyDelete@bellesouth that's a good question. I will do a bit if research and let you know.
ReplyDeleteI have an answer for you. The first photograph printed on ceramic was in 1854 by Lafon de Camarsac in France. By 1868 he was producing and selling portraits on porcelain. Info is from "Ceramics and print" By Paul Scott.
ReplyDeleteI love these ceramic photos! I wonder if they were expensive it their day?
ReplyDelete@Annette that's a good question too. The are not cheap now. Ranging from $100 to $600.
ReplyDeleteHere is a post I did on the subject a while back.
ReplyDeletehttp://digitalcemeterywalk.blogspot.com/2010/04/face-to-face-follow-up.html
Thanks for the new resource, Tammi.
I would love to have my photograph taken in vintage clothing, with a vintage hairdo - and have that image put on a ceramic oval on my gravestone. Just to mess with the cemetery walkers' heads after I'm gone. Heh!
ReplyDelete@Marcheline - I have found one where someone did that. You can see it in this post http://escapetothesilentcities.blogspot.com/2011/03/ceramic-photos-couples.html .
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