Pallbearers Leaving McRae Funeral Home

Creator

Unknown

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Creation Date

1960

Time Period

circa 1960s

Abstract

Pallbearers carry a casket out of the McRae Funeral Home in St. Petersburg, Florida. Some of the pallbearers are wearing fraternal order fezzes.

Alt Text

A group of men in suits are gathered around a casket at what appears to be a funeral. The scene takes place outside a building with a brick wall in the background.

Keywords

Funeral customs and rites, Coffins, Funeral homes, African American fraternal organizations

Extent

1 black-and-white photograph

Subject: geographic

St. Petersburg (Fla.)

Media Type

Black-and-white photographs

Format

Digital Only

Local ID

TWC-Photo-DIG_Funerals_0002

Provenance

Donated and permissions granted by The Weekly Challenger to USFSP Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, Special Collections & University Archives on October 25, 2016

Creative Commons

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Digital Responsible Institution

University of South Florida, St. Petersburg

Recommended Citation

Unknown, "Pallbearers Leaving McRae Funeral Home" (1960). Weekly Challenger Image Collection. Image 18.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/challenger_images/18

Dissemenation File Format

JPEG