A look inside the "Stone Strategies" workshop, from the NNYLN, to teh French/Grant
Cemetery.
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As the day began, participants eagerly asked
questions of
archivists Dianne MacPherson and Erica Blumenfeld.
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The speakers had the rapt attention of a full house of attendees. |
CR Jones is coating a section of a broken
headstone with a specialized cement. |
Once the cement has been applied, CR Jones
puts the broken
piece in place on the headstone. |
CR Jones scrapes moss of a tombstone. |
CR Jones shows how a finial has broken off a tombstone. |
CR Jones demonstrates how the finial should
be attached to the top of the stone. |
CR Jones scrubs years of build up off a stone. |
As he continues working on the stone, CR
Jones sprays
a mixture on it to further clean the surface. |