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| Description: | The Nguyen family, each wearing a white headband, poses in front of the casket of Kim Nguyen, the family patriarch. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | The remains of President Lincoln lying in state in Monument Square and Pavilion. Lincoln's body was on its way from Washington, D.C. to Springfield, Illino... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a Moravian funeral on the front lawn of a home. Six men carry a casket toward a group of people playing musical instruments. On either sid... |
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| Description: | View of a funeral pyre for a group of deceased Hindu people. Remnants of bodies lie on a stack of logs for cremation. Caption reads: "Hindu Funeral Pile." |
| Date: | 05 1911 |
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| Description: | Panoramic view from street of Martin Lein/Lien's funeral procession, showing Main and Water Streets before the flood of 1911. The procession includes sever... |
| Date: | 06 1962 |
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| Description: | Funeral services in the village of Vinh Quoi, Vietnam for casualties of a Viet Cong attack. Two of the deceased are covered with woven mats and lying on wh... |
| Date: | 06 1962 |
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| Description: | Funeral services in Vinh Quoi, Vietnam for casualties of a Viet Cong attack. Two bodies are lying covered with woven mats on top of white pallets. There ar... |
| Date: | 06 1962 |
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| Description: | Large funeral for multiple people in Binh Hung, Vietnam. Numerous decoratively painted coffins with cloth coverings are on display in a large open-air, roo... |
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| Description: | Funeral memorial card of floral wreaths with a banner reading, "AT REST," and an animal tail [?]. |
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| Description: | Funeral memorial card with a floral cross and bouquets. |
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| Description: | Funeral memorial card with floral wreaths and banner reading, "OUR FRIEND," and initials "ADC" [?]. |
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| Description: | Funeral memorial card with one heart-shaped wreath and other floral wreaths decorated with ribbons and cards. |
| Date: | 06 1962 |
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| Description: | A woman holding a baby stands in front of two dead bodies laid out for a funeral in a open-air, covered building. The men were killed during a Viet Cong at... |
| Date: | 06 1962 |
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| Description: | Women and children crouch around bodies laid out for funerals covered with woven mats. The deceased were killed during a Viet Cong raid of Vinh Quoi, Vietn... |
| Date: | 02 15 1978 |
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| Description: | "On Feb. 13, Herbert Sellnow died unexpectedly at the age of 57 years, 11 months, and 16 days. As events turned out, this was the last funeral in the Beck ... |
| Date: | 02 16 1978 |
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| Description: | "Lester Beck readies the casket for the burial service at Zion Lutheran Church." |
| Date: | 02 16 1978 |
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| Description: | "Zion Lutheran Church, Town of Theresa. At this moment, funeral services of Herb Sellnow are taking place." |
| Date: | 02 16 1978 |
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| Description: | "Carrying the casket from Zion, the small country church." |
| Date: | 02 16 1978 |
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| Description: | "Rev. Herbert Lemke and Charles Koepsell, Mayville, lead the mourners to the grave site." |
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| Description: | Black Earth hearse drawn by horses. Chris Schanel, the Black Earth undertaker, is driving. |
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