Tomb With A View: A Cemetery Podcast - Episode 13: Obelisks, and Pyramids, and Sarcophagi, Oh My! Mausoleums, Victorian Mourning Rituals, and 19th Century Revival Architecture Styles

Episode 13: Obelisks, and Pyramids, and Sarcophagi, Oh My! Mausoleums, Victorian Mourning Rituals, and 19th Century Revival Architecture Styles

12/20/19 • 71 min

We look at the overall culture of death in the Victorian era and the popular antiquarian architectural styles and symbols that defined this society.

We look at the overall culture of death in the Victorian era and the popular antiquarian architectural styles and symbols that defined this society.

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Episode 12: Unquiet Dead, San Francisco, Cemetery Removals, and the Creation of Colma

San Francisco outlawed the burial of the dead in 1908 and removed all of the remaining burials in 1937, even today it is unique among American cities as there are only two remaining cemeteries within city limits. How did this happen? What gave San Francisco this idea? What are some of the problems that accompany cemetery removal? What were the results of this controversial move and what is the legacy of San Francisco's lost cemeteries today?

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Shelton, Tamara Venit, "Unmaking Public Spaces: Urban Progress and the San Francisco Cemetery Debate, 1895-1937." California History, Vol. 85, No. 3 (2008).
Brooks, Jon, "Why Are There So Many Dead People in Colma? And So Few in San Francisco?" KQED News, October 26, 2017.
"Old Cemeteries in the City", Shaping San Francisco's Digital Archive @ Found SF: http://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Old_Cemeteries_in_the_City
Proctor, William A., "Location, Regulation, and Removal of Cemeteries in the City and County of San Francisco." Department of City Planning, 1950.
Toy, Michelle, " Preserved Child Found in Glass Coffin Under SF Home ID'd." KTUV, November 29, 2017. https://www.ktvu.com/news/preserved-child-found-in-glass-coffin-under-san-francisco-home-idd
Garden of Innocence Project, "Miranda Eve: Child Found Under Home." https://www.gardenofinnocence.org/miranda-eve-childs-casket-found-under-home

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Ashley and Liz squeak their way through the fascinating history of a very special cemetery and the literary minds buried there, Sleepy Hollow in Concord, MA.