This is a nice example of a cast zinc or "white bronze" cemetery marker. They were called white bronze strictly as a marketing ploy. Their "bluish" color usually stands out in a cemetery among more traditional stones. This stone for the Murphy and Carpenter family stands atop a concrete base.
The corner of the stone clearly reads:
American White Bronze Co.
Chicago, Ill
photographed at Evergreen Cemetery, Morris, Grundy, Illinois
More next time...
© 2013 Sally Knudsen
