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Nineteenth-century grave markers and twenty-first century landscaping at Laurel Hill Cemetery
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Nineteenth-century grave markers and twenty-first century landscaping at Laurel Hill Cemetery
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Sanborn
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Rachel
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Rachel Sanborn
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Yanni
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Carla
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Carla Yanni
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Rutgers University
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Like most cemeteries, the grounds of Laurel Hill are mostly covered by two things: grave markers and grass. Although landscaping is necessary to keep the grave markers clean, visible, and accessible, modern landscaping methods can potentially cause damage to Laurel Hill‘s hundred-year-old grave markers. This thesis looks at the methods used by groundskeepers at Laurel Hill and suggests changes that could be made to better protect and preserve the site. My investigation concentrates on grave markers installed during the Victorian period, between 1837 and 1901. I considered any and all modern-day landscaping equipment used by Laurel Hill‘s groundskeepers, including lawnmowers, pesticides, the removal of plants by hand, and especially string trimmers. Following my research, this thesis recommends that financial resources be reallocated to hire landscapers that specialize in cemetery maintenance. Further, this thesis recommends that additional study be conducted, and a master plan commissioned.
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Art History
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Cemeteries -- Conservation and restoration -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
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1 online resource (iv, 65 pages) : illustrations
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M.A.
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Includes bibliographical references
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doi:10.7282/t3-2b27-pg24
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ETD graduate
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Rachel
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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