Sunday, September 20, 2009

The Wilson Family Plot - Berkeley Mayor & Hollywood Notables

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Wilson Family Plot (photo Michael Colbruno) The Wilson family plot: Buried here is Jackson Stitt Wilson, the socialist Mayor of Berkeley, ...
Friday, September 18, 2009

Julius Remmel (1868-1925) - Built Homes in "Second Empire" Style

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[Top photo of Remmel creation on Encinal Avenue near High Street in Alameda, CA; Bottom photo of Remmel gravestone by Michael Colbruno] In 1...
Saturday, September 12, 2009

Mary Williams aka Kate Carew (1869-1960) - Famous Caricaturist

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JACK LONDON BY KATE CAREW D.W. GRIFFITH AND THE GISH GIRLS Christine Chambers discusses her famous grandmother Kate Carew: Plo...
Saturday, August 29, 2009

Adam Weissel – Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient (1854-1928)

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Plot 45, Lot 3098 Adam Weissel received the United States Navy Peacetime Congressional Medal of Honor. While serving as a cook aboard the Un...
Sunday, July 19, 2009

Alfred A. Cohen (1829-1887) - Created First Railroad in Alameda & Edgar Cohen (1859-1939) - Photographer

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Historian Dennis Evanosky at the Cohen gravesite [Photo by Michael Colbruno] [Biography by Dennis Evanosky; reprinted from the August 11...
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A.K.P. Harmon (1821-1896) & George Edwards (1852-1930) - Cal Athletic Facilities Named For Them

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[Photo of Harmon/Edwards gravesite by Michael Colbruno; Harmon drawing from Oakland Tribune] Listen to docent Barbara Smith discuss A.K.P. H...

Charles Crocker (1822-1888) - One of "Big 4" Railroad Barons

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[Photo of Crocker Family Mausoleum by Michael Colbruno] Docent Barbara Smith discusses Charles Crocker Notice the Spite Fence behind the hou...
Sunday, July 12, 2009

Henry Casebolt (1816-1892) Cable Traction Pioneer; Rival to Andrew Hallidie

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[Photo of Casebolt grave by Michael Colbruno; biography from Mid-Continent Railway Museum] Henry Casebolt (1816-1892) was born in Virgin...

Dennis Evanosky Discusses Cemetery Symbolism

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[Photo of anchor and Goodall monument by Michael Colbruno; click images to enlarge] From Dennis Evanosky's book "Mountain View Ceme...
Saturday, July 11, 2009

Henry Crocker (1832-1904) - Businessman

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Henry Crocker was born in Troy, New York in 1832. He moved to California in 1850 with his three brothers, Edwin, Clark and Charles, w...
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