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Description
Title
East
Lawn
Mortuary
Date
1928
Creator
Frederick-Burkett
Foto
Service
Description
This
1928
photograph
shows
the
mausoleum
and
administrative
buildings
of the
East
Lawn
Memorial
Park
Cemetery
at
Forty-third
Street
and
Folsom
Boulevard
. The
250,000
dollar
mausoleum
,
constructed
in
1925/26
, was
built
by the
Fresno-based
Robert
Talmer
, a
noted
mausoleum
contractor
.
It
was
built
to have a
minimum
of
400
crypts
, and
designed
for
expansion
over
time
. A
quarter
of the
money
raised
for the
structure
was
set
aside
as
part
of a
perpetual
improvement
fund
.
Every
worker
hired
in the
construction
of the
mausoleum
was
given
permanent
employment
by
East
Lawn
. The
40-acre
,
2,000
tree
cemetery
was
founded
in
1904
by
Louis
Breuner
.
Prior
to
being
East
Lawn
, the
parcel
was a
farm
known
as
“Twin
Oaks.”
Format
7.5 x 9.5 in.; b&w
Holding Institution
Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento Room
Rights
This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Street/Neighborhood
Folsom
Boulevard
at
Forty-third
Street
;
East
Sacramento
City/County
Sacramento
Subject
Cemeteries
Collection
Sacramento Room Photograph Collection
Identifying Number
700
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