Program for the interment services for Joe Louis: Museum Object and Cultural History
Program for the interment services for Joe Louis: Date: April 21, 1981. Written by: Ella Kay Mays. Printed by: Unidentified.
The object in the museum catalogue
A program from the interment services for Joe Louis. The program is printed in brown ink on tan paper. The front page features a bust portrait of Joe Lewis wearing a suit jacket, dress shirt, and neck tie. Text above and below the image reads [Internment [sic] Services / for / Joe Louis / (Barrow) / May 13, 1914 - April 12, 1981 / ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY / Fort Meyers Memorial Chapel / Arlington, Virginia / Officiant / THE REVEREND GENE EWING]. The obituary by Ella Kay Mays is printed on the second page, the order of ceremonies on the third page, and honorary pallbearers and quotes about Louis on the back page. The program is two (2) pages with a front and back cover.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: April 21, 1981
- Written by: Ella Kay Mays
- Printed by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Joe Louis, American, 1914 - 1981
- Subject of: Reverend Gene Ewing, American
- Subject of: Fort Myer Memorial Chapel, American, founded 1861
- Subject of: Arlington National Cemetery, American, founded 1864
- Type: programs
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 9 × 6 3/16 (22.8 × 15.7 × 0.1 cm)
- Place used: Arlington, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Athletes
- Topic: Boxing
- Topic: Funeral customs and rites
- Topic: Local and regional
- Topic: Religion
- Topic: Religious rituals and ceremonies
- Topic: Social life and customs
- Object number: 2013.46.25.5
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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