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Photographic print of damaged Jackson Funeral Home ambulance

1920-1925

Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black-and-white photograph of the Jackson Funeral Home ambulance. The vehicle is parked in front of a two-story brick building, facing to the right. The ambulance is light colored, has two (2) doors and a hatch back, and has a spare tire attached above its front right fender. The vehicle is damaged, with a dented right door and running board, cracked and broken front and side windows, and a scuffed rear hubcap. On the side of the ambulance is painted [EMERGENCY AMBULANCE JACKSON]. In the background of the photograph, on proper left, the signs on the brick building read [BERRY'S/ SERVICE STATION] [WASHING/ STORAGE/ GREASING]. The image is surrounded by a printed, decorative border with the word [ELKO] in each corner.

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Catalog reference: 2014.75.3

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