Color: Black and white
Six strips of photographic negatives with 18 exposures of the Nellie Temple funeral at St. Joseph's Church, La Puente, and El Campo Santo cemetery, City of Industry, April 1998. On a) two of the images are of the burial crypt showing a section where metal, wood, and glass coffin fragements (see 98.20) were discovered in a corner and the other is an exterior view of St. Joseph's Church, none of which were printed. Strip b) shows pallbearers removing the casket from the hearse to carry it into the church for services. Of these, 98.30.3 was printed. Part c) shows mourners entering the church and the guest book with flower arrangements at the entrance--none of these were printed. On d) are images of the mass in progress and none of these were printed. Strip e) has one image of mourners viewing the open casket in the church and two views at the cemetery, one of pallbearers removing the casket from the hearse and the other of the coffin being carried into the burial plot. Of these, 98.30.4 was printed. The last strip e) contains images of the graveside obsequies by the priest, the coffin resting on the bier before lowering into the grave and the inside of the crypt--which were printed as 98.30.5-.7. The negatives are in mint condition.
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Two-dimensional, Negatives, Custer Christiansen Mortuary, Cemeteries--City of Industry (Calif.), Churches--La Puente (Calif.), Funeral rites and ceremonies, Funeral service