America in the ’50s was a time of consumer optimism. The post-war economy was booming and in addition to brand-new tract houses and shiny state-of-the-art appliances the popularity of a more opulent burial style was also on the rise.

Instead of being buried in the ground, American consumers where choosing to have their remains eternally enshrined in polished beds of marble at public mausoleums.

“In life and death a new type of luxury could be afforded,” says Chicago-based photographer John Faier, whose series Queen Of Heaven trains a cinematic lens on these lavish resting places. “The average American could afford these things and could now play in a world where design and status were important.”

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(Source: Wired)

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