Bibliograph

Forgotten faces, a window into our immigrant past, written and photographed by Ronald William Horne ; introduction, history and culture chapters by Lisa Montanarelli ; edited by Geoffrey Link

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Forgotten faces, a window into our immigrant past, written and photographed by Ronald William Horne ; introduction, history and culture chapters by Lisa Montanarelli ; edited by Geoffrey Link

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-188) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Forgotten faces

Nature of contents

directoriesbibliography

Oclc number

56021164

Responsibility statement

written and photographed by Ronald William Horne ; introduction, history and culture chapters by Lisa Montanarelli ; edited by Geoffrey Link

Sub title

a window into our immigrant past

Summary

"Ceramic memorial portraits are photographs reproduced on enameled porcelain and mounted directly on the tombstones of the deceased. This collection presents over 350 never-before-published photographs, including rare images of immigrants from 28 different nations. It includes examples from Colma California's historic Holy Cross and Italian cemeteries as well as other U.S. and European locations." - back cover

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