Subject: Stone-cutters

Carte-de-visite photograph depicting an American-Jewish stone engraver. The Hebrew inscription on the headstone reads: "For the child, young in days, Tzvi son of Yom-Tov, born 1855 and died 1861…". The plinth below contains an additional engraving in English and Hebrew: "Union Field Cem[etery], Cong[regation] Rodeph Sholom Ansche Chesed." Union Field Cemetery was jointly operated by Congregations Ansche Chesed and Rodeph Sholom. Albumen print. 4 x 2.5 inches. Date of photograph is estimated to be circa 1860 based on the death date on the headstone.