On View
Power of Place Gallery
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.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5388f08ee-45c6-4d31-8eaa-6bf2ccdeb8fe

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