Congo Style Grave from McElroy Tabernacle Cemetery, near Cuba, Sumter County, Alabama.
This grave lacked an inscribed tombstone, but has Congo style grave decoration where grave goods are placed along the top of the gravesite. McElroy Tabernacle Cemetery was previously known as Sydenham.
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Photographs and audio files Congo Style Grave from McElroy Tabernacle Cemetery, near Cuba, Sumter County, Alabama. Brackner, Joey |
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Photographs and audio files African Americans; Cemeteries; Cuba (Ala.); Sumter County (Ala.) |
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This grave lacked an inscribed tombstone, but has Congo style grave decoration where grave goods are placed along the top of the gravesite. McElroy Tabernacle Cemetery was previously known as Sydenham. |
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Q0000088163Q88163Congo Style Grave from McElroy Tabernacle Cemetery, near Cuba, Sumter County, Alabama.This grave lacked an inscribed tombstone, but has Congo style grave decoration where grave goods are placed along the top of the gravesite. McElroy Tabernacle Cemetery was previously known as Sydenham.1987 March1980-1989Brackner, JoeyAfrican Americans; Cemeteries; Cuba (Ala.); Sumter County (Ala.)Still imageSlides (Photographs)Alabama State Council on the ArtsAlabama State Council on the Arts / Alabama Folklife Association fieldwork slidesSG0039226Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130 EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections. 4000 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/folk/id/1773 |
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Congo Style Grave from McElroy Tabernacle Cemetery, near Cuba, Sumter County, Alabama. |
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Congo Style Grave from McElroy Tabernacle Cemetery, near Cuba, Sumter County, Alabama. |
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Brackner, Joey |
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Brackner, Joey |
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