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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:

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

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  2. 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

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  3. 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)

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

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