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[Horses and carriages in front of funeral home of C.W. Franklin, undertaker, Chattanooga, Tennessee] – Antique Print

[Horses and carriages in front of funeral home of C.W. Franklin, undertaker, Chattanooga, Tennessee], [1899?] — historic photograph
[Horses and carriages in front of funeral home of C.W. Franklin, undertaker, Chattanooga, Tennessee], [1899?]. Historic photograph from the Horses collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Horses and carriages stand in front of the funeral home of C.W. Franklin, an undertaker in Chattanooga, Tennessee, a scene catalogued with a date of about 1899. At the turn of the century, the horse-drawn hearse was still the standard way to carry the dead to church and cemetery, and an undertaker's premises often kept both the animals and the carriages a funeral procession required. Chattanooga had grown into a busy railroad and industrial city after the Civil War, and this view shows a commercial trade serving that growing town. The motor hearse would not replace these carriages for roughly two decades.

Created / published[1899?]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1890-1900.
SubjectsHearses--Tennessee--Chattanooga--1890-1900. Funeral rites & ceremonies--Tennessee--Chattanooga--1890-1900. Morgues & mortuaries--Tennessee--Chattanooga--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,272 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-185731

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