Gravestone of Sarah J. Rooke
Photographer
Ralph Looney
(1924 Lexington, Kentucky - 2000 Albuquerque, New Mexico)
DateSeptember 3, 1988
Mediumsilver negative
Dimensions2 3/16 × 2 3/16 in. (5.6 × 5.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the Estate of Ralph and Clarabel Looney
Object numberPA2006.021.485
DescriptionA boulder with a plaque marking the grave of Sarah "Sally" J. Rooke, a telephone operator in Folsom, New Mexico, who was washed away in a flood in 1908. The boulder is in Folsom Cemetery. There are small wildflowers growing around the base of the stone. The plaque is embossed with the words: "In honored memory of Sarah J. Rooke telephone operator who perished in the flood waters of the Dry Cimarron at Folsom, N.M. August 27, 1908 while at her switchboard warning others of their danger. With heroic devotion she glorified her calling by sacrificing her own life that others might live. 'Greater love hath no man than this.' Erected by her fellow workers." Other graves and markers are in the background.On View
Not on view
October 1943
