discovering the story it tells
In 1896, Maggie Estella Holder, 17, married Charles Luther Thornburg, 21, and the couple settled in Farmland, Randolph County, Indiana. Luther, as he was best known, was a farmer, but had a "hankering" to become an undertaker. In 1904, he bought the undertaking business of W.B. Meeks, and thus began Thornburg's career as a mortician. ... Continue Reading →
Throughout history, flowers have been used at funerals and memorial services as visual expressions of love, sympathy, and respect. This cabinet card is so beautiful that the lack of identifying writing didn't stop me from adding it to my collection. I also didn't let it stop me from attempting to figure out who these flowers... Continue Reading →
