A chilling cabinet card capturing the final resting place of Osmond B. Fox (1818–1899) and his wife Lucia S. Fox (1822-1893), nestled in the shadowed stillness of Oakland Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa. Their names are carved in stone, standing solemn among overgrown grass and creeping shade—silent witnesses to the passage of time.
 
The photo is uncomfortably still. The headstones lean ever so slightly, as if weighed down not just by age, but by something unsaid. On the reverse, in faint, aging pencil, is written:
"August 24, 1902"
—likely the date this photo was taken. Just three years after Osmond’s death.
 
There’s a quiet, uncanny atmosphere to this image. Whether it was meant as a record of remembrance or something more personal is unknown. All that remains is this strangely haunting photograph—fragile, faded, and unsettling in its intimacy with the dead.
 
A rare and evocative relic for collectors of mourning ephemera, cemetery photography, and those drawn to the deeper shadows of the past.
 
You can visit the Find-A-Grave page for Osmond and Lucia here.