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- Power of Place Gallery
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- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- McKay, A.L., American
- Subject of
- Escoe Jackson, American, born 1903
- Ragsdale, Hartwell, American, 1891 - 1965
- Jackson, S.M., American, 1894 - 1975
- Ragsdale, Louis, American, born 1901
- Berry, John E., American, born 1901
- Hardman, Doldmon, American, 1895 - 1965
- Sango, Alexander G.W., American, born 1868
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1926
- Medium
- photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4 5/8 × 6 5/8 in. (11.7 × 16.8 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of a group of men at the State Funeral Directors and Embalmers Meeting held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There are two (2) rows of men standing and sitting in front of an automobile parked underneath a carport. The picture was taken in front of the Jackson Funeral Home located at 617 East Archer Street in the Greenwood District. At the upper right of the photograph is the lower half of the Funeral Home sign: [HOME/ AMBULANCE SERVICE/ DAY AND NIGHT/ PHONE 2-4710]. At the lower right of the photograph is the photographer's studio mark: [Randle/ Photo Tulsa].
- In the first row, three (3) men are kneeling, with a young boy in a sailor suit standing in the middle of the row, The people in the first row are identified, from left to right, as: Mr. Jones; boy unknown; man unknown; Mr. Berry.
- In the second row, there are eight (8) men, five standing and three sitting on the bumper of the car, identified from left to right: A.L. McKay; Escoe Jackson; unknown man; Hartwell Ragsdale; Mr. Miller; S.M. Jackson; Mr. Stewart; Louis Ragsdale.
- In the background, there are two men sitting on the carport ledge, identified from left to right: Doldmon Harbin; A.G.W. Sango.
- 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
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- American South
- American West
- Business
- Children
- Communities
- 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
- 2014.75.88
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.