J.L. Reed and Son photograph collection, 1938-2013

Summary

Extent:

.21 Linear Feet

1 boxes

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

Contains photographs from the 1930s to 2013 covering the JL Reed and Son Funeral Home in Tampa. Photographs show scenes of the interior and exterior of the JR Reed and Son's Funeral Home along with the Marion Reed Funeral Home. Many of the photographs are reproductions of Burgert Brothers photographs while others are originals. Depending on the source, some of the photographs are in black and white while the others are in color.

Biographical / historical:

J.L. Reed and Son funeral home was a funeral home company active in Tampa, FL from 1898 to 1913. Joseph Lawrence Reed (d.1938) purchased the Lovengreen Funeral Home in 1897 and renamed it the JL Reed and Son Funeral Home. The funeral home remained in operation under succeeding generations of Reeds until 2013.

Acquisition information:

Mark Reed and Jeanette Scanlon

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Funeral homes
Undertakers and undertaking

Names:

JL Reed and Son

Terms of access:

None. The contents of this collection may be subject to copyright. Visit the United States Copyright Office's Website at http://www.copyright.gov for more information.

Location of this collection:

USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections

The University of South Florida, Tampa Campus

4202 East Fowler Ave. LIB122

Tampa

FL

33620-5400

USA

Contact:

https://lib.usf.edu/special-collections/