Mennonite Tombstone [Published]

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Title: Mennonite Tombstone [Published]
Abstract: Photo caption from published version of 51-2869_001: "TOMBSTONE TOPPLERS - About 30 tombstones in the First Mennonite Cemetery, King St. East, were damaged by vandals over the weekend. Many of the stones were toppled off their base while several were broken in half. Twelve others in adjacent St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery were also damaged. Above, Eugene Brubacher examines one of the broken slabs."
Item description: Image of Eugene Brubacher kneeling in front of and examining a vandalized cemetery headstone.
General note: Title supplied by Kitchener-Waterloo Record staff. 51-2869_001 appeared on Page 3 of the Monday, October 29, 1951 edition of the newspaper as part of the article: "30 Cemetery Tombstones Are Damaged."
Collection: Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Location: 51-2869
Identifier: 51-2869_001
Date created: 1951-10-29
Date published: 1951-10-29
Extent: 1 photograph : b&w copy negative ; 10 x 8 cm
Genre: negatives
Corporate creator name: Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Subject(s): Cemeteries
Continent: North America
Country: Canada
Province: Ontario
Region: Waterloo (Ont. : Regional municipality)
City: Waterloo (Ont.)
Usage rights: Public Domain
Preferred citation: University of Waterloo Library. Special Collections & Archives. Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection. Mennonite Tombstone [Published]. 51-2869_001.