National Negro Funeral Directors Association photograph

Collection — Container: 1 item

Identifier: 2457

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This panoramic photograph includes members of the National Negro Funeral Directors Association, which met in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during August 11-15, 1946. The photograph is by Fred Hess & Son of Atlantic City and was taken in front of the West Side All Wars Memorial.

Dates

Created: 1946 August
Other: Date acquired: 02/04/1999

Creator

National Negro Funeral Directors Association (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright to these papers has not been assigned to the Amistad Research Center. It is the responsibility of an author to secure permission for publication from the holder of the copyright to any material contained in this collection.

Extent

1.00 items

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Source of Acquisition

Jewel Johnson and Mattie Braden

Method of Acquisition

Gift

Related Materials

New Orleans Embalmers Association records

Related Publications

Smith, Suzanne E. To Serve the Living: Funeral Directors and the African American Way of Death. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010.