Photographic print of men gathered for State Funeral Directors' meeting
date: label: Date
content: 1926
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Photograph by
content: A.L. McKay, American
label: Subject of
content: Escoe Jackson, American, born 1903
label: Subject of
content: Hartwell Ragsdale, American, 1891 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: S.M. Jackson, American, 1894 - 1975
label: Subject of
content: Louis Ragsdale, American, born 1901
label: Subject of
content: John E. Berry, American, born 1901
label: Subject of
content: Doldmon Hardman, American, 1895 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: Alexander G.W. Sango, American, born 1868
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: 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].
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: In the background, there are two men sitting on the carport ledge, identified from left to right: Doldmon Harbin; A.G.W. Sango.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Funeral customs and rites
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Princetta R. Newman Collection of Family Photographs, Tulsa, Oklahoma
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.75.88
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 4 5/8 × 6 5/8 in. (11.7 × 16.8 cm)