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141CatalogsWhile there were talented stone carvers working in many Hoosier communities who could create one-of-a-kind cemetery monuments, there were also mail-order catalogs available that offered standard designs. These catalogs mostly contained conventional markers, but some had a few statues as well. The partial page shown above depicts one of several statues available through an early edition of Vermont Marble Company%u2019s Designs, whose headquarters was in Proctor, Vermont. Note how an early monument dealer has penciled in the sizes that were available with an M or L designation for Marble or Limestone. During the early decades of the 20th century, Sears Roebuck & Company sold a limited selection of grave markers in its large general-merchandise catalog. But Sears also offered its customers several specialty catalogs. The advertisement on the following page is reproduced from its special 1907-1908 Tombstones and Monuments catalog. A similar marker can be seen on page 55 of this book.