Calvary Cemetery

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Located in Queens, NY. An all Catholic Cemetery that is so large it is divided into four separate cemeteries. There are over 3 million souls interred in the overall combination of the four cemeteries. I shot 3 rolls of 35 mm., 1 role of medium format 120 film, and also used 2 digital cameras. But I feel that I barely scratched the surface of the quantity of work that one might find in Calvary. I can't wait to go back.....

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	kaysue says: First bunch is looking really good, Dollymae. Have to ask, so you know why so many of these things are headless. Is it vandals or something? Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )
	Dollymae Dagger says: Well Kaysue, knowing how New Yorkers are, I would be inclined to say yes, vandalism runs rampant.... and that is a such a shame. For some reason I saw less of this in Green-Wood Cemetery, which is in Brooklyn. But Green-Wood was designed by Olmsted, the great architect who designed Central Park, and other famous cemetaries for the rich. I believe that the non-profit foundations who work towards the preservations of such park-like cemetaries, are more active in their restoration efforts, than the Archdiocese of NYC. They are the owners of the 4 Calvary's, which are strictly Catholic only cemeteries. With so many millions of graves to maintain, I think they have a harder time keeping up with things. Besides all of the Calvary's are still active, and people continue to be buried there, keeping the workers quite busy. Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )
	Mr. Ducke says: A beautiful set, it makes me want to visit there some day.. Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
	Dollymae Dagger says: Thanks, Mr. Ducke. And I am still not finished. I really got a lot of material using 4 camers. I feel like I only scratched the surface. My advice to you, or anybody else that ever gets a chance to hit Calvary, while in NYC- make Calvary 1 your TOP priority. I only managed to spend time in Calvary 3 for a day.... and by the time I got to Calvary 1, I only had something like an hour and a half, because my ride had to go somewhere. In hindsight, I would have reprioritized. Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

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