On View
Power of Place Gallery
Exhibition
Power of Place
Created by
Unidentified
Subject of
Jackson, S.M., American, 1894 - 1975
Jackson, Eunice, American, 1903 - 2004
Jack's Memory Chapel, American, founded 1948
Date
1959
Medium
ink on paper and plastic laminate
Dimensions
H x W: 4 1/2 × 5 1/4 in. (11.4 × 13.3 cm)
Description
A photomechanical print advertisement for Mr. and Mrs. S.M. Jackson’s funeral home business. The advertisement is a photograph of Jack's Memory Chapel, the funeral home owned and operated by the Jackson family. Inside a circle at the upper left corner is a photograph of Samuel M. Jackson, and inside a circle at the upper right corner is a photograph of Eunice Jackson. A hearse is parked in front of the building. Behind Jack's Memory Chapel, down a driveway, a carport is visible with three (3) more parked vehicles. At the bottom, printed in red letters, is the text: [MR. AND MRS. S.M. JACKSON, Owners]. There is a handwritten date of [1959] on the photograph in the lower left quadrant. The photograph is laminated. The advertisement is laminated.
Place depicted
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
Collection title
The Princetta R. Newman Collection of Family Photographs, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
photomechanical prints
advertisements
Topic
American South
American West
Business
Communities
Families
Funeral customs and rites
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman
Object number
2014.75.35
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e7d49415-02cf-4478-9f5c-f335d032af96

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