Object Details
- Description
- 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."
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Heilig Undertakers, American
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- early - mid 20th century
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Heilig Family Descendants
- Medium
- gelatin and silver on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (mat): 8 × 10 1/16 in. (20.3 × 25.6 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 5 1/16 × 7 1/16 in. (12.9 × 17.9 cm)
- H x W (image): 4 3/4 × 6 7/8 in. (12.1 × 17.5 cm)
- Type
- photographs
- portraits
