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Photograph by:
Unidentified  Search this
Subject of:
S.M. Jackson, American, 1894 - 1975  Search this
Eunice Jackson, American, 1903 - 2004  Search this
Eunice Norwood, American  Search this
James H. Black, American, 1918 - 1998  Search this
Leonard Jackson, American  Search this
Medium:
photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper and plastic laminate
Dimensions:
H x W: 8 1/16 × 10 1/16 in. (20.5 × 25.5 cm)
Type:
photographs
portraits
Place depicted:
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
Date:
ca. 1948
Description:
A black-and-white photograph that has been laminated of Samuel M. Jackson, Eunice Jackson and fellow staff at the newly opened Jack's Memory Chapel at 639 E. Marshall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Jackson stands at the proper left of the photograph, on the sidewalk in front of the door to the building's screen porch, and he is wearing a three-piece suit and tie. Eunice Jackson sits beside him on the steps leading up to the screen porch, wearing a light-colored dress and hat, and holding her purse in her lap. At center right are a woman, Eunice Norwood, and two (2) men, James H. Black, the Mortician of Jack's Memory Chapel, and Leonard Jackson, the Funeral Director. This photograph was taken on the opening day for Jack's Memory Chapel at this location.
Topic:
African American  Search this
American South  Search this
American West  Search this
Business  Search this
Communities  Search this
Funeral customs and rites  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman
Object number:
2014.75.90
Restrictions & Rights:
No Known Copyright Restrictions
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title:
The Princetta R. Newman Collection of Family Photographs, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Classification:
Photographs and Still Images
Exhibition:
Power of Place
On View:
NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 051
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d6afcfbc-691e-43cb-a648-a192775fcf8a
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.75.90