Find results with:

Add another field

Search by date

to

Searching collections:

Throwaway History - The Broadside in American Culture

Add or remove collections

Home Throwaway History - The Broadside in American Culture Funeral Invitation of William Alexander Sumner

Reference URL

To link to this object, paste this link in email, IM or document

To embed this object, paste this HTML in website

Funeral Invitation of William Alexander Sumner

View Description

Download

small (250x250 max)

medium (500x500 max)

large ( > 500x500)

Full Resolution

Print

Loading content ...

you wish to report:

Your comment:

Your Name:

Submit

Cancel

...

Back to top

Powered by CONTENTdm®

Title	Funeral Invitation of William Alexander Sumner
Image Rights	Digital image © 2008, Tennessee State Library & Archives. All rights reserved.
Copyright	While TSLA houses an item, it does not necessarily hold the copyright on the item, nor may it be able to determine if the item is still protected under current copyright law. Users are solely responsible for determining the existence of such instances and for obtaining any other permissions and paying associated fees that may be necessary for the intended use.
Subjects - TGM	Invitations Funeral rites & ceremonies
Subjects - LCSH	Invitation cards
Description	Small notice inviting friends and members of local Masonic lodges to attend the funeral of William Alexander Sumner. The notice is bordered in black.
Date	1871 June 28
Collection Name	Library Broadside Collection
Historical Note	With the arrival of the undertaker, a whole new industry was born - printed funeral invitations, increasingly elaborate coffins, mass-produced funeral souvenirs and, finally, in the mid-19th century, private cemeteries.
Owning Institution	Tennessee State Library & Archives
ID#	34280
Ordering Information	To order a digital reproduction of this item, please send our order form at http://www.tn.gov/tsla/dwg/ImageOrderForm.pdf to Public Services, Tennessee State Library & Archives, 403 7th Ave. N., Nashville, TN 37243-0312, or email to photoorders.tsla@tn.gov. Further ordering information can be found at the bottom of the page at the following location under Imaging Services Forms: http://www.tn.gov/tsla/forms.htm#imaging.
Digital Type	TEXT
Digital Format	TIFF