Entrance to Waldheim Cemetery
Chicago, the Garden city. Its magnificent parks, boulevards and cemeteries. Together with other descriptive views and sketches
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| Title | Entrance to Waldheim Cemetery |
| Description | From text: "Situated in the town of Harlem, on the Desplaines River, and about nine miles from the city, is a German cemetery of exceptional beauty in its general aspect as well as in the tasteful and pleasing manner … Like most of the other large cemeteries, Waldheim is open to all, and makes no distinction between the believer or unbeliever, between Christian, Jew or Heathen. The park-like grounds contain 80 acres of well drained land, about half of which is still covered with a dense wood of healthy oak trees, whose days however are numbered." |
| Date | 1893 |
| Type | Photographs |
| File Name | chicagogardencit00simo_raw_0174.jp2 |
| Source Page | http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagogardencit00simo#page/170/mode/2up |
| Link to the Full-Text | http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagogardencit00simo |
| Repository | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Subject | Cemeteries |
| Coverage-Spatial | Forest Park (Ill.) |
| Coverage-Temporal | 1890-1899 |
| Publisher | |
| Rights | Images in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu. |
| Book Title | Chicago, the Garden city. Its magnificent parks, boulevards and cemeteries. Together with other descriptive views and sketches |
| Author of the Book | Simon, Andreas |
| Collection Title | Picture Chicago |
| Collection | Picture Chicago |
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