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Title
Stanley
Monument
Subject
Monuments--Ohio
Gypsies
Cemeteries--Ohio--Montgomery County
Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum (Dayton, Ohio)
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Dayton (Ohio)
Montgomery County (Ohio)
Description
Caption
on
reverse
reads
: "
Stanley
Monument
in
Woodland
Cemetery
,
Dayton
,
Ohio
. To
Levi
Stanley
,
king
of the
Stanley
stribe
[tribe]
of
Gypsies
. If
used
for
reproduction
please
use
credit
line
as
below
.
Photograph
by
Sam
R
.
Kremer
Dayton
,
Ohio
"
Levi
Stanley
(died
December
3
,
1908)
and
Matilda
Joles
Stanley
(died
January
15
,
1878)
,
who
were
accorded
the
honorific
titles
of
King
and
Queen
of the
Gypsies
, are
buried
in the
Woodland
Cemetery
in
Dayton
, on the
Stanley
family
plot
. The
monument
has an
angel
at the
top
, and a
Masonic
emblem
is
visible
midway
down
the
column
.
More
than
25,000
people
,
nomads
from
all
across
the
world
,
gathered
at the
cemetery
in
1878
, to
mourn
the
death
of
Queen
Matilda
.
Woodland
Cemetery
is
unusual
, in that
it
contains
3
Gypsy
Kings
and
2
Queens
,
making
it
one
of the
few
places
considered
hallowed
ground
by
Gypsy
tribes
.
Woodland
Cemetery
is
located
at
1502
West
Central
Avenue
in
Dayton
.
Designed
by
John
Witten
Van
Cleve
,
it
was
added
to the
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
in
1998
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
;
Sam
R
.
Kremer
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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File Name
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Image Height
4644
Image Width
5993
File Size
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Display File Type
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Format
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Date created
2010-04-27
Date modified
2010-06-18
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