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Undertakers Collection

Background imageUndertakers Collection: Early Stock Car Race, Orillia, Ontario

Early Stock Car Race, Orillia, Ontario
Early Stock Car Race, Orillia, near Lakes Couchiching & Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. Showing Bingham Undertakers Date: 1914

Background imageUndertakers Collection: Undertakers regaling themselves at Death's Door

Undertakers regaling themselves at Death's Door, Battersea Rise, Surrey -- a satirical scene in the style of Hogarth, with lines from a serious long poem, The Grave

Background imageUndertakers Collection: Funerary monuments in display window

Funerary monuments in display window of undertaker shop in the late 1930s showing monuments for private mortuary chapels and for inexpensive funerals. Date: 1930s

Background imageUndertakers Collection: SIERRA LEONE UNDERTAKERS

SIERRA LEONE UNDERTAKERS
Black humour : The premises of Bungie the undertaker, Sierra Leone, Africa. He is as ready to offer good advice to the living as he is to provide for the needs of the dead! Date: 1930s

Background imageUndertakers Collection: UNDERTAKER'S MUTE

UNDERTAKER'S MUTE
The mute (a paid mourner who accompanies the funeral) gratefully accepts some Dutch courage Date: 1840

Background imageUndertakers Collection: FUNERAL FURNISHER'S CARD

FUNERAL FURNISHER'S CARD
Funerals furnished with Biscuits, Cakes, Wines, Palls &c by Walker, Confectioner, of Sheffield, Yorkshire Date: circa 1840

Background imageUndertakers Collection: UNDERTAKER'S MEN

UNDERTAKER'S MEN
Undertakers men pack a corpse into its coffin Date: 1889

Background imageUndertakers Collection: PALL-BEARERS

PALL-BEARERS
Pall-bearers shouldering a coffin. Date: 1867

Background imageUndertakers Collection: MUTES, LONDON

MUTES, LONDON
Mutes stand outside the front door of a middle-class London home, the outward sign of a respectable funeral... 1858

Background imageUndertakers Collection: THE UNCTUOUS UNDERTAKER

THE UNCTUOUS UNDERTAKER
The Undertaker. Date: 1840

Background imageUndertakers Collection: Undertakers, Southgate Road, Islington, North London

Undertakers, Southgate Road, Islington, North London
Gilderson & Sons Ltd, undertakers, in Southgate Road, Islington, North London, about to move to new premises in Cleveland Road. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageUndertakers Collection: Cartoon, The Disappointed Undertakers (Liberal Party)

Cartoon, The Disappointed Undertakers (Liberal Party)
Cartoon, The Disappointed Undertakers -- a satirical comment on the rivaly between the Liberal Party (represented by Lord John Russell, John Bright and William Gladstone)

Background imageUndertakers Collection: Stationery, N Means & Sons, Outwell, Norfolk

Stationery, N Means & Sons, Outwell, Norfolk
Stationery (invoice and receipt), N Means & Sons, Undertakers, Downham Road, Outwell, Norfolk, dated 29 April 1914. 1914

Background imageUndertakers Collection: WW1 CARTOON / UNDERTAKERS

WW1 CARTOON / UNDERTAKERS
The undertakers of the ocean Date: 22 June 1916

Background imageUndertakers Collection: DEATH CRIERS

DEATH CRIERS
Two Death Criers who accompany the funeral procession : left - a French crier right - English Date: 17th century

Background imageUndertakers Collection: HOGARTH / PHYSICIANS

HOGARTH / PHYSICIANS
The Company of Undertakers Date: 18th century

Background imageUndertakers Collection: Horse-Drawn Tram (1913)

Horse-Drawn Tram (1913)
A Horse-drawn tram in South East London. This tram was owned by the London County Council, and ran between Raymouth Road, Rotherhithe and Canal Bridge, Old Kent Road. Date: 1913

Background imageUndertakers Collection: Mourning card, 1924

Mourning card, 1924
Souvenir card issued by Chappells, undertakers, after a funeral in south-east London Date: 1924

Background imageUndertakers Collection: Slingsby Truck - 3

Slingsby Truck - 3
Undertakers bier carriage (This is just one of 100s of trucks etc in this catalogue) Date: circa 1900

Background imageUndertakers Collection: View up Putney High Street, London

View up Putney High Street, London
A photograph taken from the top of the tower of Putney Church (on the south bank of the Thames, London) looking up Putney High Street

Background imageUndertakers Collection: Hogarth / Physicians

Hogarth / Physicians
The Company of Undertakers

Background imageUndertakers Collection: Mouses Deathbed

Mouses Deathbed
Mourners and undertakers at a mouses deathbed


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