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Description
1989-1300, In: [Scenes of Sacramento] [manuscript] / Eugene Walter Hepting. [Sacramento, Calif. : E. Hepting, 1938?], Vol. C, leaf 40. A walkway leads up to a small staircase to the tomb of Mark Hopkins, so identified on its triangular top; the tomb sits on a pedestal and at each corner is a tall block upright; at each side of the staircase an urn is located; above in the area surrounding the tomb are tall palm trees, one on each side. Walter Hepting was born in Sacramento (father was from Switzerland, mother from Germany). Worked for the State Treasurer's Office. Was amateur historian, collected old photographs and images of Sacramento. "Born 1814. Died.March 1878.Age 64. his brother also is buried here Moses Hopkins..."
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photographic print ; 2 1/2 x 4 3/8 in.
Identifier
(C)001393062CSL01-Aleph (DRA)VVW-6413
Language
English
Subject
Hopkins, Mark,, 1813-1878--Death and burial--Photographs City Cemetery (Sacramento, Calif.)--Photographs Cemeteries--California--Sacramento Tombs & sepulchral monuments--California--Sacramento Graves--California--Sacramento Sacramento (Calif.)--Photographs Photographic prints Photograph albums
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