Cemetery Signs in Kansas
Many nineteenth-century rural cemeteries in Kansas are marked with arched metal gateways and various forms of lettering. The spindly arch to Prairie Lawn Cemetery in Wellington covers an impressive span, while tiny, hard-to-find Mt. Hope Cemetery, near Arkansas City, resorts to wooden letters attached to the fence. The Argonia Cemetery sign shows delicate Aesthetic Movement ornament and the Conway Springs Cemetery sign uses the now rarely-used typeface DeVinne.