Exploring Broad Street Cemetery, established 1655 in Salem, Massachusetts

In this video, we take a walk through a historic New England cemetery

Detail photograph of the Thomas Robie tombstone.

Close-up of the Thomas Robie grave stone text.

Full text of the Thomas Robie headstone in Salem

“Here lyes Inter’d ye Remains of
Mr. Thomas Robie born at Boston.
Educat’d in Harvard College of Which
For Several years he was a Fellow
Practiced Physick in this Town
Where he Died on ye 28 of August
1729 in ye 47th Year of his age.

Also William Robie ye son of Thomas &
Mehilabel Robie who died Novmbr ye
22, 1730 in ye 6th year of his Age.”

Eben Bickford was a Salem business man. Perhaps he paid for this fence?

Close-up photograph of the extraordinary typography on the top of the Benjamin Pickman above-ground vault in Salem's Broad Street Cemetery. — Close-up photograph of the extraordinary typography on the top of the Benjamin Pickman above-ground vault in Salem’s Broad Street Cemetery.

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Books related to Salem cemeteries and general history

13 Most Haunted Cemeteries in Massachusetts (Amazon)

A Guide to Massachusetts Cemeteries, 3rd Edition (Amazon)

Various books about the history of Salem (Amazon)

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1 comment

Jeni says:

January 6, 2020 at 4:49 pm

Beautifully sad and lovely at the same time. I am quite fond of shooting cemeteries myself, not big sellers, but they make such interesting art. I’m looking forward to more of these! Thank you!