Title	Funeral Invitation of William Alexander Sumner
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.
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.
Date	1871 June 28
Collection Name	Library Broadside Collection
Collection Finding Aid	http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/library-broadside-collection-1814-2010
Subjects - LCSH	Invitation cards
Subjects - TGM	Invitations Funeral rites & ceremonies
Owning Institution	Tennessee State Library and Archives
ID#	34280
Digital Type	TEXT
Digital Format	TIFF
Media Type	Broadsides Posters
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