tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091026817968807873.post5007672141690375037..comments2024-03-26T12:13:03.827-07:00Comments on The Cemetery Traveler - by Ed Snyder: Cemeteries: A New York State of MindStoneAngels: The Cemetery Travelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776945637111478231noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091026817968807873.post-92199739721836874802018-06-10T09:37:08.195-07:002018-06-10T09:37:08.195-07:00Monumental Bronze Company monuments were NEVER sol...Monumental Bronze Company monuments were NEVER sold through Sears. They were sold by licensed agents throughout the country and even in Canada. They advertised through post cards, calling cards that sometimes had zinc coins or zinc monument images on them, local and state fairs and the St.Louis Expo, booklets that included household hints, and ads in phone books and newspapers. A real coup for them was a complete article in the Scientific American, including a cover full of images of their works. Recently on ebay, there was even a boxed monument sample that an agent could show to morticians and cemetery caretakers. In addition to Bridgeport, CT, they had foundries in Detroit, Des Moines, St. Thomas (Canada), and possibly St. Louis. They were often contracted to create Civil War monuments for towns and villages. One of the main reasons they went out of business was that the government took control of foundries in order to make weapons, ammo, etc. for WWI,turning the zinc foundries into iron foundries, and the cost for returning them into zinc foundries was prohibitive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com