Tombstone
Rubbings
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by HOST
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For
those of you wanting to do
rubbings of
tombstones.......................
When I was in Reading, PA. last
fall, my sisters and I were
attempting to get a rubbing of a
very old tombstone......and not
having a lot of success. The
caretaker came over, watched us
for a while, walked away and came
back with a roll of what appeared
to be wrapping paper. It was blue
on one side and white on the
other. He placed the blue side
against the stone, and began to
rub the paper with a soft cloth.
The inscriptions became to
magically appear on the white
side of the paper, the lettering
in white, surrounded by blue. We
were amazed! We asked him where
he got the paper. He said it was
given to him by a monument dealer
who was in the cemetery one day.
I haven't checked into looking
for it, but it is far superior to
every other technique we have
tried for getting those rubbings!
So you might want to check with a
local monument dealer about this
product. It really
works!
Judy
in Alfred, NY
On
Fri, 25 May 2001 08:28:12 -0500
"A Elizabeth"
writes:
Hi
Just a suggestiion If you do
decide to "read" the cemeteries
there will be stones that are
unreadable. Try this. Take a
white sheet of paper and a lead
pencil and place the paper over
the stone carving. Then "color"
over the paper with the lead
pencil. This will leave a blank
spot where the indentation of the
lettering on the stone is and
your will be able to see the name
and date...... Hopefully
Elizabeth
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