Photograph of the Home Benefit Burial Club’s first funeral in Earle, Arkansas
date: label: Date
content: early - mid 20th century
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Heilig Undertakers, American
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of the first funeral of the Home Benefit Burial Club of Earle, Arkansas, serviced by Heilig Undertakers. A large group of men, women and children stand outdoors around a casket draped with flowers, in front of a large building with white-painted wood siding. The men and boys in the picture are wearing suits, and the women and girls are wearing knee- or calf-length dresses and hats. The men and women in the front row at center-right are wearing dark-colored clothing, while those who are gathered behind, arranged up the stairs into the building, are wearing light-colored clothing. In front of the light-colored casket, two young women kneel on either side, both wearing white, sleeveless dresses. The young girls gathered at center-left are also dressed in light-colored dresses and are holding bouquets of flowers. Behind the group, also at center-left, is a light-colored hearse with ornamental columns and faux-draping along the side. Handwritten at the lower left edge of the photograph is "Home Benefit Burial Club's / First Funeral."
place: label: Place depicted
content: Earle, Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Funeral customs and rites
label: Topic
content: Societies
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Heilig Family Photography Collection
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 the Heilig Family Descendants
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.27.7
objectType: label: Type
content: photographs
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: gelatin and silver on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (mat): 8 × 10 1/16 in. (20.3 × 25.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 5 1/16 × 7 1/16 in. (12.9 × 17.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 4 3/4 × 6 7/8 in. (12.1 × 17.5 cm)