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- "Family Meditation," Fan Advertising Williams & Williams Funeral Home, Savannah, Georgia, circa 1960 - Worshipers in the mid-1900s used inexpensive, handheld fans to keep cool in churches without air conditioning--especially in the American South. Local funeral homes often supplied congregations with these fans. One side usually depicted biblical scenes, devotional settings, or even famous individuals. On the other side, the businesses listed vital services and contact information.
- circa 1960
- Collections - Artifact
"Family Meditation," Fan Advertising Williams & Williams Funeral Home, Savannah, Georgia, circa 1960
Worshipers in the mid-1900s used inexpensive, handheld fans to keep cool in churches without air conditioning--especially in the American South. Local funeral homes often supplied congregations with these fans. One side usually depicted biblical scenes, devotional settings, or even famous individuals. On the other side, the businesses listed vital services and contact information.
- J. H. Williams and Sons Funeral Home, Selma, Alabama, Water Bottle -
- circa 2010
- Collections - Artifact
J. H. Williams and Sons Funeral Home, Selma, Alabama, Water Bottle
- Fan from Little Rock Missionary Baptist Church, circa 1960 - Worshipers in the mid-1900s used inexpensive, handheld fans to keep cool in churches without air conditioning--especially in the American South. Local funeral homes often supplied congregations with these fans. One side usually depicted biblical scenes, devotional settings, or even famous individuals. On the other side, the businesses listed vital services and contact information.
- circa 1960
- Collections - Artifact
Fan from Little Rock Missionary Baptist Church, circa 1960
Worshipers in the mid-1900s used inexpensive, handheld fans to keep cool in churches without air conditioning--especially in the American South. Local funeral homes often supplied congregations with these fans. One side usually depicted biblical scenes, devotional settings, or even famous individuals. On the other side, the businesses listed vital services and contact information.
- Handheld Advertising Fan Showing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1968-1970 -
- 1968-1970
- Collections - Artifact
Handheld Advertising Fan Showing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1968-1970
- Needle Case and Advertising Card for Nicholas Emmerling, Funeral Director, Hammond, Indiana, circa 1941 -
- circa 1941
- Collections - Artifact
Needle Case and Advertising Card for Nicholas Emmerling, Funeral Director, Hammond, Indiana, circa 1941
- "These Americans Died for Freedom" Fan, circa 1975 - The John T. Rhines Company Funeral Home of Washington, D.C., established in 1906, printed and distributed this paper fan in the early 1970s. The fan's purpose was to memorialize three American leaders -- John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy -- who supported equal rights and were assassinated, cutting short their important work in the modern Civil Rights movement.
- 1961-1968
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"These Americans Died for Freedom" Fan, circa 1975
The John T. Rhines Company Funeral Home of Washington, D.C., established in 1906, printed and distributed this paper fan in the early 1970s. The fan's purpose was to memorialize three American leaders -- John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy -- who supported equal rights and were assassinated, cutting short their important work in the modern Civil Rights movement.
- "Booker T. Washington" Fan Advertising Jacobs Brothers Funeral Home, circa 1955 - By the twentieth century, fans could be inexpensively produced as souvenirs or advertisements. Funeral homes were among the businesses that commonly distributed advertising fans, often to local churches. This example advertises services offered by the Jacobs Brothers Funeral Home in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Jacobs brothers were active in nearby African-American congregations whose members likely identified with Booker T. Washington, featured on the front.
- circa 1955
- Collections - Artifact
"Booker T. Washington" Fan Advertising Jacobs Brothers Funeral Home, circa 1955
By the twentieth century, fans could be inexpensively produced as souvenirs or advertisements. Funeral homes were among the businesses that commonly distributed advertising fans, often to local churches. This example advertises services offered by the Jacobs Brothers Funeral Home in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Jacobs brothers were active in nearby African-American congregations whose members likely identified with Booker T. Washington, featured on the front.
- Fan from Little Rock Missionary Baptist Church, circa 1960 - Worshipers in the mid-1900s used inexpensive, handheld fans to keep cool in churches without air conditioning--especially in the American South. Local funeral homes often supplied congregations with these fans. One side usually depicted biblical scenes, devotional settings, or even famous individuals. On the other side, the businesses listed vital services and contact information.
- circa 1960
- Collections - Artifact
Fan from Little Rock Missionary Baptist Church, circa 1960
Worshipers in the mid-1900s used inexpensive, handheld fans to keep cool in churches without air conditioning--especially in the American South. Local funeral homes often supplied congregations with these fans. One side usually depicted biblical scenes, devotional settings, or even famous individuals. On the other side, the businesses listed vital services and contact information.