open zinker

This is a white zinc grave marker. They were manufactured with various designs, and removable panels. As you see here. They are durable, if not disturbed. If this was new, it would pass as contemporary art. Monroe Street Cemetery Cleveland has had some neglect and vandalism over the years. Really, esthetically it is a very lovely graveyard, but the far end by the rail tracks was filled with small markers, an many have been attacked. Along the side fences, there are stretches of small, and densely marked plots. It is not uncommon, to have the graves of the poorer people in such spots.