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Description:: This category is for listing Zinc, or "White Bronze" headstones and war memorials. These markers can be found throughout North America, and are easily recognized by their bluish-gray color, and raised lettering.

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Zinc, or "White Bronze" headstones and markers can be found throughout North America. Headstones are the most common use for these markers. There are also a few war memorials, mainly Civil War, made of Zinc that are acceptable in this category. They are rare in that they were only produced from the mid 1870's through 1912, and only by one company. All of these markers were produced by a company founded in Bridgeport, Connecticut. In 1881 Bridgeport set up its first subsidiary, in Detroit. Later, it also opened plants in Philadelphia, New Orleans, St. Thomas, Ontario, Des Moines and Chicago.

They are made of cast zinc, which allowed them to be produced and shipped around the world less expensively, as compared to more traditional stone monuments. Unfortunately this was also their downfall. Many people felt that because they were so inexpensive, that it would not be proper to remember their loved ones with such a monument. The headstones eventually gained the euphemism "White Bronze," in place of “zinc,” by sales people who wanted to make them seem more attractive to the public.

In purchasing one of these, a person would select a general monument type and style. They then could customize all of the four sides of the monument, if they wished, with a plate which was screwed to the headstone using decorative screws. The plates typically list the name of the deceased, along with date of birth, date of death, and relationships to others who may be buried in the same plot.

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view gallery	S.M.C. Boggs - Good Hope Cemetery - Parvin, TX in Zinc Headstones Zinc monument for Spruce McCoy Boggs, in Good Hope Cemetery in the Parvin community near Prosper, TX. Also buried here is the Boggs's infant son, who didn't survive beyond birth in 1878. Thanks to Findagrave for details about Boggs's initials. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 6/16/2013 last visited: never
view gallery	Josephine Augspurger Kinsinger - Trenton Mennonite Cemetery - Trenton, OH, USA in Zinc Headstones A zinc headstone near a geocache in the Trenton Mennonite Cemetery. posted by: Web-ling location: Ohio date approved: 6/11/2013 last visited: never
view gallery	William Woodward - Folsom, CA in Zinc Headstones The only Zinc marker in the Lakeside Cemetery is for William Woodward. posted by: linkys location: California date approved: 6/2/2013 last visited: never
view gallery	Richard G. and Harriet Head - Lockhart Municipal Burial Park - Lockhart, TX in Zinc Headstones Zinc monument for Richard G. and Harriet Head in Lockhart Municipal Burial Park, Lockhart, TX. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 5/30/2013 last visited: 5/27/2013
view gallery	Ernest Lee Hardy - Lockhart Municipal Burial Park - Lockhart, TX. in Zinc Headstones Zinc monument for Ernest Lee Hardy in Lockhart Municipal Burial Park, Lockhart, TX. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 5/30/2013 last visited: 5/27/2013
view gallery	W.M. Ray - Lockhart Municipal Burial Park - Lockhart, TX. in Zinc Headstones Zinc monument for W.M. Ray in Lockhart Municipal Burial Park, Lockhart, TX. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 5/30/2013 last visited: 5/27/2013
view gallery	William Smith - Lockhart Municipal Burial Park - Lockhart, TX in Zinc Headstones Zinc monument for William Smith, in Lockhart Municipal Burial Park, Lockhart, TX. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 5/30/2013 last visited: 5/27/2013
view gallery	ZINC - Andrew Wm Playfair - Elmwood Cemetary - Perth, Ontario in Zinc Headstones A zinc headstone erected in memory of Andrew Wm Playfair in Elmwood Cemetary, Perth Ontario. posted by: petendot location: Ontario, Canada date approved: 5/26/2013 last visited: 6/11/2013
view gallery	Sion F Mobley - Pine Grove Cemetery - Nevada City, CA in Zinc Headstones One of several zinc markers in an historic Sierra Nevada gold mining town cemetery. posted by: linkys location: California date approved: 5/20/2013 last visited: never
view gallery	Theodul C. Lecoq - Pine Grove Cemetery - Nevada City, CA in Zinc Headstones One of several zinc markers in the Pine Grove Cemetery. posted by: linkys location: California date approved: 5/20/2013 last visited: never
view gallery	Lizzie J. Hodges - Belew Cemetery - Aubrey, TX in Zinc Headstones Zinc monument for Lizzie J. Hodges, in Belew Cemetery, Aubrey, TX. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 5/19/2013 last visited: 5/16/2013
view gallery	B. Guscetti - Pine Grove Cemetery - Nevada City, CA in Zinc Headstones One of several zinc markers in this historical Nevada City cemetery. posted by: linkys location: California date approved: 5/19/2013 last visited: never
view gallery	Alma and Lillie Young - Pioneer Cemetery - Dallas, TX in Zinc Headstones Zinc monument shared by Alma and Lillie Young, in Pioneer Cemetery, Dallas, TX. They are buried just a few feet from Young St, which was named for their father, the Rev. W. M. C. Young. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 5/1/2013 last visited: 4/28/2013
view gallery	Martha Morrison - Warrick County, IN in Zinc Headstones 1 of 7 zinc headstones in this small cemetery posted by: thegorilla23 location: Indiana date approved: 4/28/2013 last visited: 4/28/2013
view gallery	John M. Tyner - Warrick County, IN in Zinc Headstones 1 of 7 zinc stones here posted by: thegorilla23 location: Indiana date approved: 4/28/2013 last visited: 4/28/2013
view gallery	Katie M. Tyner - Warrick County, IN in Zinc Headstones 1 of 7 zinc headstones in Morrison Cemetery posted by: thegorilla23 location: Indiana date approved: 4/28/2013 last visited: 4/28/2013
view gallery	Edwin Morrison - Warrick County, IN in Zinc Headstones 1 of 7 zinc headstones in Morrison Cemetery posted by: thegorilla23 location: Indiana date approved: 4/28/2013 last visited: 4/28/2013
view gallery	Susan H. Morrison - Warrick County, IN in Zinc Headstones 1 of 7 zinc posted by: thegorilla23 location: Indiana date approved: 4/28/2013 last visited: 4/28/2013
view gallery	Jeremiah McGill, Mary Woodward, Elizabeth Griggry - Vigo County, IN in Zinc Headstones Zinc headstone for 3 posted by: thegorilla23 location: Indiana date approved: 4/24/2013 last visited: 4/28/2013
view gallery	Edward C. Rice - Old Baptist Cemetery, Newtown, IN in Zinc Headstones The White Bronze monument for Edward C. Rice - Old Baptist Cemetery, Newtown, Richland township, Fountain County, IN, USA posted by: kc9pdy location: Indiana date approved: 4/2/2013 last visited: never
view gallery	Abednego Rice & son Frank - Old Baptist Cemetery, Newtown, IN in Zinc Headstones The White Bronze monument for Abednego Rice & son Frank - Old Baptist Cemetery, Newtown, Richland township, Fountain County, IN, USA posted by: kc9pdy location: Indiana date approved: 4/2/2013 last visited: never
view gallery	William S. & Elizabeth Stephens - Old Baptist Cemetery, Newtown, IN in Zinc Headstones The White Bronze monument for William S. & Elizabeth Stephens - Old Baptist Cemetery, Newtown, Richland township, Fountain County, IN, USA posted by: kc9pdy location: Indiana date approved: 4/2/2013 last visited: never
view gallery	William M. & Mary Rice - Old Baptist Cemetery, Newtown, IN in Zinc Headstones The White Bronze monument for William M. & Mary Rice - Old Baptist Cemetery, Newtown, Richland township, Fountain County, IN, USA posted by: kc9pdy location: Indiana date approved: 4/2/2013 last visited: never
view gallery	Fielding Slusser - Old Baptist Cemetery, Newtown, IN in Zinc Headstones The White Bronze monument for Fielding Slusser - Old Baptist Cemetery, Newtown, Richland township, Fountain County, IN, USA posted by: kc9pdy location: Indiana date approved: 4/2/2013 last visited: never
view gallery	Washington & Permelia Rice - Old Baptist Cemetery, Newtown, IN in Zinc Headstones The White Bronze monument for Washington & Permelia Rice - Old Baptist Cemetery, Newtown, Richland township, Fountain County, IN, USA posted by: kc9pdy location: Indiana date approved: 4/2/2013 last visited: never

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