Four programs for the funeral of Jack Grant from Mae's Millinery Shop: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Four copies of a program for the funeral service of Jack Grant held at Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 10, 2003.The front of the program features a portrait of Grant in the center. The interior left page contains his obituary, and the interior right page a program of the service. Information about the pallbearers, internment, funeral home, and program printer are on the back page of the program.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: April 10, 2003
• Printed by: Laura's Printing, Inc., American
• Subject of: Jack Grant, American, 1919 - 2003
• Owned by: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
• Subject of: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
• Type: commemoratives
• Type: portraits
• Type: programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (each): 8 1/2 x 7 in. (21.6 x 17.8 cm)
• Place collected: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Black Enterprise
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Catholicism
• Topic: Families
• Topic: Funeral customs and rites
• Topic: Millinery
• Topic: Religion
• Object number: 2010.6.7.1-.4
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr.
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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