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Object Name |
Strap, Casket |
Catalog Number |
1949.001.00003 |
Description |
One of four pieces of red, white, blue, and gold woven strap, with sewn reinforced ends. Overall width is 2.25". Design alternates: Red-gold-red, 0.5" wide; white, 0.5" wide; blue, 0.25" wide; white, 0.5" wide; and red-gold-red, 0.5" wide. Each is approximately 21' (or 7 yards) long. |
Event |
reinterment of Jefferson Davis, 1893 |
Provenance |
Casket straps used in lowering the remains of Jefferson Davis in the grave. Believed when reinterred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia, 1893. |
People |
Davis, Jefferson |
Search Terms |
Reinterment of Jefferson Davis at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia 1893 |
Subjects |
burials |