A Mid-Century Chronicle of Mount Auburn: The Photographs of Arthur Cushman Haskell
For 25 years, from 1937 to 1962, Mount Auburn Cemetery was beautifully chronicled through the eyes of photographer Arthur Cushman Haskell. The noted New England architectural photographer created an extensive body of photographs of Mount Auburn. A little known treasure, … Continue reading
The Egyptian Revival Gateway: Mount Auburn’s First Iconic Image
Among the early illustrations of Mount Auburn’s Egyptian Revival Gateway is an 1834 lithograph. Behind the image lies the story of how the majestic portal to the Cemetery both evolved and endured as the iconic, granite structure we know today. … Continue reading
Greetings from Mount Auburn: The Cemetery’s Historical Postcard Collection
The visual history of Mount Auburn has been captured in many forms including maps, plans, paintings, drawings, engravings, photographs, and even the quintessentially democratic art form: the postcard. The Cemetery’s Historical Collections Department houses a small, but intriguing collection of … Continue reading
Photograph Collections of Mount Auburn Cemetery
When photography burst upon the scene in 1839, the medium provided a new way of documenting and remembering Mount Auburn’s sacred landscape. Continue reading