Scene of Remembrance
Jacob Rickert died March 25, 1904. In true Victorian tradition, his friends and family honored Jacob's memory with symbolic flower arrangements. The broken circle at the bottom left symbolized an early death (Jacob was only 57). Crosses, anchors and hearts, like the one hung on the chair back at the far right, represented faith, hope and charity. The pillow shaped arrangement with "Father" below his portrait signified death as sleep.

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Karen Keehr
Assistant Curator, Research Department
Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer
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Grand Island, Nebraska 68802
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