contributed by Andrew Walters

The trip to Green Mount Cemetery was a success! After a couple ill fated attempts we finally were able to make it.

Green Mount Cemetery is near Station North, not far from MICA and has been around since 1839. It contains over 65,000 graves, including a number of notable figures such as Lincoln’s assassinator John Wilkes Booth, William Fuld who commercialized the Ouija board, circus performer John Eckhardt, Johns Hopkins and one of the early trustees of MICA, W.H. Rinehart.

In addition to its rich history, the cemetery is home to a collection of magnificent grave stones and crypts. Each memorial features amazing hand carved typography, that vary stylistically throughout the different eras of graves. As a group we decided to make a trip to the cemetery and take rubbings of the gravestones that we visited. Together, we collected dozens unique typographic samples from graves throughout the cemetery.

With the help of Emily Long, the rubbings were scanned and we are currently assembling them into a zine, which will hopefully be ready in the coming weeks, so keep an eye out.