Rucker's Tomb by auntietk
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The other day a friend of mine drove me out to the cemetery so I could take pictures. (Good guy, huh?)
One of the local old-time families in these parts are the Ruckers. They had this tomb build in 1907, and it cost $30,000 to build. It's a local landmark, as I'm sure you can imagine! There's even a rock band in these parts called "Rucker's Tomb," and I understand the tomb had a part in a movie once.
For a sense of scale ... the door is seven feet tall and four feet wide. There are 22 crypts in the pyramid
Evergreen Cemetery is a cool place, and I had a great time!
Comments (41)
cmolsen2002
This looks like a mini-mausoleum! Excellent sharp pic.
MrsLubner
My goodness, until I read your comments I this this was the infamous Rudd Rucker! Dang, guess I'll just have to keep searching for his final resting place. LOL
Cosine
Very nice composition on this, and the technical stuff is great, too. I can't say I've ever shot in a cemetery, but it's an interesting idea.
frankie96
Nice place to visit...but you would not want to stay there..:)
beachzz
Pretty impressive resting place, but as Fenton said, great place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there!!
mbz2662
A good subject for October.... Nice shot :) (maybe you can postwork some ghouls an goblins into this scene..hehe)
artaddict2
Interesting shot and info. I have taken a few shots around our local cemetery looking for names in local history but never seen anything so elaborate as this!
babuci
I like this almost ancient tomb. Great stone texture.
durleybeachbum
fascinating! Amazing what folk will spend on something to remember them by!
flora-crassella
wonderful and very interesting photo!
Alz2008
Wonderful capture, Excellent well done..
fredster66
Nice details and an amazing find!
lyron
Very cool shot!
Susank
Wow! It does not look so big. Amazing tomp. Quite fantastic actually.;)
rainbows
Amazing place and capture, Tara. It has a really spooky feel. Hugs. Di. xx
NekhbetSun
We've got an Evergreen Cemetary here too ! neat, huh :o) ....and it's got some way cool stones ! This is most awesome and has a Meso-American step pyramid look....excellent shot Tara ! .....hope you're doing OK today ! Hugzzz ~
Meisiekind
Very interesting shot and narration Tara! :)
MrsRatbag
I didn't know we had any pyramids here, cool! Great shot, I love cemetaries too!
awjay
someone said they wanted to walk on my grave....... i intend being buried at sea .... ;)
Artlan59
Very interesting. Awesome find.
JeffG7BRJ
By my calculations this makes the pyramid 21 and a half feet tall, only a mini compared with Egypt. I wonder why the mesh grating half way up, maybe to freshen the air inside, I can't imagine it being a nice smell in there. I wonder why they made it so easy to climb up there, then again they didn't have graffiti artists in 1907 and grave yards were considered sacred. Superb capture Tara, I can see why it is a local landmark, I say this quite often but I don't mind repeating myself in this case. I love RR, its one big family and you learn something new every day. Thanks for sharing. Bravo!!!!!
helanker
WOW ! It is a really cool pyramid indeed. Looks fantastic. Thanks Tara.
PD154
Wonderful interesting structure, I half expect to see a Sphynx on guard here, excellent stuff Tara.
lucindawind
amazing tombstone . I find that the older stones were huge in cemetaties
emmecielle
Excellent shot! :)
ontar1
Cool find, impressive structure, excellent capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bebert
original tomb :)
moochagoo
That's very interesting ! We have tombs like this one in "Pere Lachaise" in Paris
MagikUnicorn
Wonderful!!!!
hipps13
wonderful capture warm hug, Linda Kaye