Photographic print of funeral floral arrangements for Samuel M. Jackson Jr.
date: label: Date
content: September 1928
name: label: Photograph by
content: The Blanch Randle Studio, American, active 1920s
label: Subject of
content: Samuel M. Jackson Jr., American, 1925 - 1928
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white matted photograph of funeral floral arrangements memorializing Samuel M. Jackson, Jr., who died at three (3) years old after an illness. The photograph is of an interior space filled with funeary wreaths, sprays and other floral arrangements. The flowers are spread throughout the room, completely covering various pieces of furniture and partially covering a sofa in the lower proper right corner of the photograph. In the midst of the many flower arrangments are other items, including a doll, a clock, and a framed photograph of Eunice Jackson embracing Samuel Jr. On the wall at the upper right corner, partially out of frame, is the family portrait of Samuel Jr. taken when he was 7 weeks old. At the lower right corner, printed on the photograph, is [Randle/ Studio/ Tulsa]. At lower center, printed on the mat, is the text [The Blanch Randle Studio/ 119 N. Greenwood/ Tulsa, Oklahoma]. The photograph is affixed to the mat which is made from a thick card stock.
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: Children
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Families
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: 2014.75.41
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: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper, ink on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (photograph): 4 15/16 × 7 1/16 in. (12.5 × 18 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (photograph and mount): 7 7/8 × 10 1/16 in. (20 × 25.5 cm)