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Image Not Available for Memorial Day, Christmas, burials, and Boots the Cat with friends at Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery in 1967.
Memorial Day, Christmas, burials, and Boots the Cat with friends at Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery in 1967.
Image Not Available for Memorial Day, Christmas, burials, and Boots the Cat with friends at Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery in 1967.

Memorial Day, Christmas, burials, and Boots the Cat with friends at Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery in 1967.

Date1967
MediumPaper
Dimensions3 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (8.9 × 8.9 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Catalog number2021.7.46
DescriptionSixty-four color and black and white snapshot photos of pets in life and in their coffins, some with their people, at Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery, seven black and white and color photos of German shepherd shipped from Chicago for burial in Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery (includes shipping label), five color photos of Boots, cat of Homer E. Evans and Fern Evans of Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery, playing with her friends, and photos showing Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery decorated for Memorial Day and Christmas. Many photos include dates in 1967 written in ballpoint pen.
Status
Not on view
Image Not Available for Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery decorated for Christmas 1965, Homer and Fern Evans and cat George, new rose bushes, and vault being placed in ground.
Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery decorated for Christmas 1965, Homer and Fern Evans and cat George, new rose bushes, and vault being placed in ground.
1965
Image Not Available for Pets in life and in their coffins at Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery in 1966.
Pets in life and in their coffins at Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery in 1966.
1964-1966
Image Not Available for Pets in life, pets in coffins, pet burials, and statues at Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery.
Pets in life, pets in coffins, pet burials, and statues at Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery.
1974
Image Not Available for Closeup of Boots, cat of Homer E. Evans and Fern Evans of Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery, in the pet coffin where she became temporarily trapped.
Closeup of Boots, cat of Homer E. Evans and Fern Evans of Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery, in the pet coffin where she became temporarily trapped.
1969
Image Not Available for Pet burials at Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery in 1971.
Pet burials at Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery in 1971.
1971
Image Not Available for Events in 1969 at Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery.
Events in 1969 at Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery.
1969
Image Not Available for Closeup of Boots, cat of Homer E. Evans and Fern Evans of Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery.
Closeup of Boots, cat of Homer E. Evans and Fern Evans of Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery.
1969
Image Not Available for Boots, cat of Homer E. Evans and Fern Evans, walks among the graves at Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery.
Boots, cat of Homer E. Evans and Fern Evans, walks among the graves at Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery.
1969
Image Not Available for Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery decorated for Memorial Day and Christmas 1964, hearse, fountain area, pets, and pets and their people.
Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery decorated for Memorial Day and Christmas 1964, hearse, fountain area, pets, and pets and their people.
1964
Image Not Available for Pets in life and pet burials at Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery.
Pets in life and pet burials at Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery.
1975
Image Not Available for Pet burials and Christmas at Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery in 1970.
Pet burials and Christmas at Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery in 1970.
1970
Image Not Available for Lois Whirder and Homer Evans next to Open Coffin at Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery
Lois Whirder and Homer Evans next to Open Coffin at Pet Rest Memorial Cemetery
1967
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