
Tomb With A View: A Cemetery Podcast
A podcast about the history, preservation, and culture of American cemeteries hosted by Liz Clappin
Podcasting since 2019 • 134 episodes
Tomb With A View: A Cemetery Podcast
Latest Episodes
Episode 16: Peaceful Character: Transcendentalism, Naturalistic Landscape Design, and Author's Ridge at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
On one hill, in one cemetery, in a small town in Massachusetts are buried several American literary giants. The cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, in Concord, MA is in many ways a manifestation of the ideology that they popularized and launched a movemen...
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Episode 16
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Episode 137: The Last Dormitory: The Perpetual School Spirit of Cemeteries on Campus
Did your college or university have a cemetery on campus? A surprising amount of schools do. They exist of a number of reasons (well just one actually, but there's plenty of different stories). Celebrate back to school in the best way pos...
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Episode 137
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49:36

Episode 18: The Zinc Link: Metal Headstones, Blowtorches, and How the Monumental White Bronze Company Revolutionized Cemetery Sales
Zinkies, or white bronze headstones are a perennial favorite of all taphophiles. Today we explore their origin, manufacturing, preservation, and discussed how the company that made them revolutionized sales techniques.Email: tombwithavi...
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Episode 18
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45:19

Episode 14: Eternal Architecture: The Significance of Revival Style Architecture in Cemeteries
The rural cemetery movement coincided with an intellectual fascination with past cultures. These elements of society combined to create a century of architectural distinction in American cemeteries. Email: tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com...
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Episode 14
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42:58

Episode 13: I Saw the Sign: Fraternal, Allegorical, Occupational, and Spiritual Cemetery Symbolism
Cemetery Symbolism is often the hook that lures people into the cemetery world. What is it? What does it mean? Symbols and how they are interpreted is a complicated and much debated topic in art history. Email: Tombwithaviewpodcast@gmai...
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Episode 13
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