Search Term Record
Metadata
Name |
object |
Related Records
-
008.050.013 - Bonnet
A mourning bonnet belonging to Elizabeth (Leach) Whitney. The mourning bonnet is purple and black, and was worn during times of mourning at wakes and funerals.
Record Type: Object
-
015.001.001 - Church Truck
A folding church truck used in funerals with panels at each end that fold out and have rubber bumpers on top to secure the casket. This type of church truck was popular until the early 1930s when an accordion-like church truck was used.
Record Type: Object
-
015.001.002 - Case, Instrument
A leather case used to hold an embalming kit. The case holds two embalming jars. The embalming kit includes two embalming jars, a fluid hose, a hand pump, spring forceps, two injector needle, a draining tube and a surgical spatula. This embalming kit was manufactured by the Dodge Company of Billerica, Massachusetts.
Record Type: Object
-
015.001.003 - Jar, Specimen
A glass jar used in the method of embalming. The jar was used to collect the body's fluids. This embalming kit was manufactured by the Dodge Company of Billerica, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1893 is still family owned and operated. It has provided products and chemicals to funeral practitioners since that time.
Record Type: Object
-
015.001.004 - Jar, Specimen
A glass jar used in the method of embalming. The jar was used to collect the body's fluids. This embalming kit was manufactured by the Dodge Company of Billerica, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1893 is still family owned and operated. It has provided products and chemicals to funeral practitioners since that time.
Record Type: Object
-
015.001.005 - Tube, Blood-collecting
A rubber fluid hose used in the method of embalming. The fluid hose was connected to the hand pump, which pumped the body's fluid into the jar. This embalming kit was manufactured by the Dodge Company of Billerica, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1893 is still family owned and operated. It has provided products and chemicals to funeral practitioners since that time.
Record Type: Object
-
015.001.006 - Pump, Hand
A metal hand pump used in the method of embalming. The hand pump was connected to the fluid hose, which pumped the body's fluid into the jar. This embalming kit was manufactured by the Dodge Company of Billerica, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1893 is still family owned and operated. It has provided products and chemicals to funeral practitioners since that time.
Record Type: Object
-
015.001.007 - Forceps
Metal spring forceps used in the method of embalming. This embalming kit was manufactured by the Dodge Company of Billerica, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1893 is still family owned and operated. It has provided products and chemicals to funeral practitioners since that time.
Record Type: Object
-
015.001.008 - Needle, Blood-collecting
A metal injector needle used in the method of embalming. The injector needle was connected to the fluid hose and injected into the body to drain the fluids, which pumped the body's fluid into the jar. This embalming kit was manufactured by the Dodge Company of Billerica, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1893 is still family owned and operated. It has provided products and chemicals to funeral practitioners since that time.
Record Type: Object
-
015.001.009 - Needle, Blood-collecting
A metal injector needle used in the method of embalming. The injector needle was connected to the fluid hose and injected into the body to drain the fluids, which pumped the body's fluid into the jar. This embalming kit was manufactured by the Dodge Company of Billerica, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1893 is still family owned and operated. It has provided products and chemicals to funeral practitioners since that time.
Record Type: Object
-
015.001.010 - Tube, Blood-collecting
A metal draining tube used in the method of embalming. The draining tube was connected to the fluid hose and the needle injected into the body to drain the fluids, which pumped the body's fluid into the jar. This embalming kit was manufactured by the Dodge Company of Billerica, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1893 is still family owned and operated. It has provided products and chemicals to funeral practitioners since that time.
Record Type: Object
-
015.001.011 - Spatula, Surgical
A plastic surgical spatula used in the method of embalming. This embalming kit was manufactured by the Dodge Company of Billerica, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1893 is still family owned and operated. It has provided products and chemicals to funeral practitioners since that time.
Record Type: Object
-
988.51.21 - Locket
A piece of mourning jewelry belonging to Susana Ashwood Endicott. She brought this mourning locket home from England in 1868. This locket was worn during times of mourning such as wakes and funerals. Inside the locket is a clipping of hair. The outside face of the locket has a cross engraved on it.
Record Type: Object
-
988.51.22 - Ring
A piece of mourning jewelry belonging to Susana Ashwood Endicott. She brought this mourning ring home from England in 1868. This ring was worn during times of mourning such as wakes and funerals. The ring has a small cross on it and has makers marks imprinted on the inside.
Record Type: Object
-
988.51.23 - Brooch
A piece of mourning jewelry belonging to Susana Ashwood Endicott. She brought this mourning pin home from England in 1868. This pin was worn during times of mourning such as wakes and funerals. Inside the pin is a piece of hair from the deceased loved one.
Record Type: Object
-
FIC015.001 - Tombstone
A tombstone of Mrs. Joanna Lovett, wife of Ebenezer Lovett from Beverly, Massachusetts. What is written on the headstone is inconclusive due to a piece of the stone missing at the bottom. The gravestone reads "In Memory of Mrs. Joanna Lovett Wife of Mr. Ebenezer Lovett Who Departed This Life March 27th 1775 in the 73rd Year of Her Life." The picture on the gravestone is that of a "winged angel", which represents the guardians of the dead.
Record Type: Object
-
FIC015.012 - Hairpiece
A mourning hair piece belonging to the Balch family circa 1840s. The hair piece was made out of the hair of the deceased as a momento and was displayed during times of mourning such as wakes and funerals.
Record Type: Object
