Subject Headings: Cemeteries / Contributor: Olmsted County Historical Society

Date Created:: 1890 - 1900
Description:: Andrew Holm (left) and Andrew Doig (right) standing on roof of the George Healy Vault in Oakwood Cemetery. The Healy Vault was built in 1890 and torn down when the Healy Chapel was built in 1912. The vault had a capacity of approximately 25 caskets and was used to store bodies in the winter until the bodies could be buried in the spring. Col. George Healy built the vault and donated it to Oakwood Cemetery.
Contributing Institution:: Olmsted County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

Description:: A group of Oakwood Cemetery workers are posed with garden tools, lawn mower, wheel barrow, sod cutter. The second man from the left is Andrew Holm, superintendent of the cemetery.
Contributing Institution:: Olmsted County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

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