In Loving Remembrance of Nancy J. Riney
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In Loving Remembrance of Nancy J. Riney
November 1910
Gelatin silver print
Image: 10.4 x 6.4 cm
Overall: 23.2 x 7.6 cm
Purchase with funds from the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, ex-collection Walter A. Johnson, 2010
Inscriptions recto (printed in ink): In Memoriam
verso (printed in ink): IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF / Nancy J. Riney, / Born July 2, 1826. / Died Nov. 13, 1910. / Age 84 years, 4 months, 11 days. / THrough all pain at times she'd smile, / A smile of Heavenly birth; / And when the angels called her home, / She smiled farewell to earth. / Heaven retaineth now our treasure, / Earth the lonely casket keeps; / And the sunbeams love to linger, / Where our sainted mother sleeps.
verso (printed in ink): IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF / Nancy J. Riney, / Born July 2, 1826. / Died Nov. 13, 1910. / Age 84 years, 4 months, 11 days. / THrough all pain at times she'd smile, / A smile of Heavenly birth; / And when the angels called her home, / She smiled farewell to earth. / Heaven retaineth now our treasure, / Earth the lonely casket keeps; / And the sunbeams love to linger, / Where our sainted mother sleeps.
