Monumental Bronze Company
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The Monumental Bronze Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut
was a monumental mason firm specializing in the production of white bronze (zinc) monumental masonry
, active between 1875 and 1912 with subsidiaries throughout the United States
and Canada
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There were a number of American companies in the 1880s that through their catalogs sold zinc ornaments nationwide, such as “urns, eagles, civic ornaments, architectural details, and even cigar store Indians.” Mullins of Salem, Ohio
was the most prominent but only Monumental Bronze purveyed it in grave markers.
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in Fairfield County, the city had an estimated population of 144,229 at the 2010 United States Census and is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area...
was a monumental mason firm specializing in the production of white bronze (zinc) monumental masonry
Monumental masonry
Monumental masonry is a kind of stonemasonry focussed on the creation, installation and repairs of headstones and other memorials.- Cultural significance :...
, active between 1875 and 1912 with subsidiaries throughout the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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There were a number of American companies in the 1880s that through their catalogs sold zinc ornaments nationwide, such as “urns, eagles, civic ornaments, architectural details, and even cigar store Indians.” Mullins of Salem, Ohio
Mullins of Salem, Ohio
Mullins of Salem, Ohio, was the most well-known American zinc ornament producer in the late nineteenth century. The foundry was in Salem, Ohio and was one of many American companies in the 1880s that through their catalogs sold ornaments nationwide, such as “urns, eagles, civic ornaments,...
was the most prominent but only Monumental Bronze purveyed it in grave markers.