Tuesday 8 July 2014

American Funeral

Three snapshots of an unknown burial in America. I think this is could 1930s, 40s or 50s. The mechanism supporting the coffin looks substantial. Thoughts on date or how the coffin lowering mechanism works would be appreciated.




4 comments:

Billy Blue Eyes said...

The dress stile should tell you. Looks like the 50's to me

Beth said...

Here is a video on how everything goes togeter and works. I've never been to a funeral where they actually lowered the casket infront of the family.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSC98rKrVic

Unknown said...

I have a few series of photographs like these that I've narrowed down to the 50's (based on the family's style of clothes and the photo paper logos)

Laurie said...

Thank you all very much. That's very useful to know.

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