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Longfellow grave at Mount Auburn Cemetery, 1940

Photograph of Henry Longfellow's grave. View of short side of stone casket-shaped tomb with carved symbol. The symbol is in the shape of an X with a letter X at the center. The letter "X" represents the last letter of the words on each of the four arms of the symbol. The words read "DUX / REX / LUX / LEX." Grass in foreground. Trees in background. A drying wreath is visible on the right side of the image leaning against the tomb.

View of short side of stone casket-shaped tomb with carved symbol. The symbol is in the shape of an X with a letter X at the center. The letter "X" represents the last letter of the words on each of the four arms of the symbol. The words read "DUX / REX / LUX / LEX."
Inscription: "Mount Auburn Cemetery" printed in capital block letters in pencil verso.
Notes: C1930-C1950 because of general format. The words inscribed in the symbol on the tomb are in Latin and read: Dux (Leader), Rex (King), Lux (Light), and Lex (Law). Often these words and the symbol refer to Jesus Christ.

Archives Number: 3007.1/2.2#032

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Photographs Related to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Frances Elizabeth Appleton Longfellow (3007.001), (LONG-Subcollection)
, Photographs Not in Albums (3007.001/002), (LONG-SeriesName)
, Photographs Related to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (3007.001/002.002), (LONG-SubseriesName)

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Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Code: LONG

Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Latitude: 42.3769989013672, Longitude: -71.1264038085938

NPS Museum Number Catalog : LONG 27886

Longfellow Family Photograph Collection (3007)

Title: Finding Aid for the Longfellow Family Photograph Collection, 1845-1972 (bulk dates 1860-1920)
URL: https://www.nps.gov/long/learn/historyculture/archives.htm#LFP

2015-06-30

01/01/1940 - 12/30/1940

Photograph in Longfellow Family Photograph Collection, Subcollection I. Photographs Related to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Frances Elizabeth Appleton Longfellow, Photographs Not in Albums, Photographs Related to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. (3007.001/002

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Organization: Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Address: 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Email: LONG_archives@nps.gov

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