Adolphus Busch Mausoleum

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FINALLY!! The semester is over for all intents and purposes so I made time today to take recreational photos at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis. Bellefontaine and Calvary Cemetery were established in the mid 1800s and the tombstones and mauselums read like a who's who of local, state and national politics, business and literary figures. I could've spent hours at Bellefontaine and hopefully sometime I'll get a chance to do that.

This is a shot of the back side of the Adolphus Busch and Lilly Anheuser Busch Maosoleum. It is the most impressive and ornate structure in the cemetery. I will be posting for comparison a photo of the Anheuser Mausoleum located a few yards away. The Anheusers were a bit more modest, as if any mausoleum in these two historic cemeteries is modest by today's standards.