PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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ADVERTISING CEMETERY LANDSCAPE BEAUTY 
Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, has recently issued a 
beautiful descriptive picture book of the grounds that sets 
forth in an unusually forceful and attractive manner the 
beauties of the grounds. It is executed in the finest style 
of art printing and the text is cleverly and definitely ap- 
plied to the pictures in such a way as to attract interest 
to each individual view and forcibly impress even the 
most casual reader with the beauty of the grounds. 
It is one of the finest efforts to make good advertis- 
ing use of the landscape beauty of the modern cemetery. 
The natural beauty of the site now know as Woodmere 
Cemetery is recorded far back in the days of the French 
occupation of Detroit and vicinity, prior to the eventful 
year of 1760, and is in fact perpetuated in Indian legends. 
Once the favorite hunting ground and camping place of 
the Indian, then the highly prized farm and homestead of 
the original French settler, its heavily wooded hill sides, 
long vistas of rolling land, exquisite water glimpses, and 
natural park-like aspects, have won for Woodmere an in- 
ternational reputation. 
The land is high, undulating and drains naturally from 
the hills and groves down to the picturesque lagoon and 
the river, which winds tranquilly across the center of 
Woodmore and joins the River Rouge. This lagoon and 
river have been used as the keynote of the landscape gar- 
dening which for years has distinguished Woodmere 
from all other cemeteries of this country, with water 
gardens of surpassing beauty, luxuriant growths includ- 
ing the gorgeous Egyptian lotus. 
The stately entrance gates of Woodmere, on West Fort 
Street, one of Detroit’s radiating thoroughfares, are about 
four and three-quarters miles from the center of the city. 
Slowly, but consistently, Woodmere has grown until now 
it embraces about three hundred acres, developed to the 
highest degree under the skill of the landscape gardener. 
From the very inception of Woodmere Cemetery it has 
been the aim and ideal to exclude all that is morbid and 
depressing and provide a beautiful resting place for those 
who sleep. The symbol of Woodmere is hope and life, 
not grief and death. 
The Woodmere Cemetery Association was organized 
in July, 1867, and the first Board of Directors was com- 
posed of these men who have figured prominently in the 
history of Detroit: John J. Bagley, David Preston, Moses 
W. Field, M. S. Smith, Eber B. Ward, Elon W. Hudson, 
C. I. Walker, David M. Richardson, Lemuel H. Davis, 
Bela Hubbard, Daniel Scotten and Jefferson Wiley. For 
nearly ten years the late Governor John J. Bagley served 
WOODMERE CHAPEL NESTLES AMID THE FOLIAGE OF OAKS AND MAPLES. 
