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  Portraits of people around a coffin, c. 1930

  People, primarily children, around a flower bedecked white coffin.

  Tags Coffins, Flowers, Funeral rites & ceremonies
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  Transporting caskets, c. 1928

  Automobiles transport coffins to Belle Glade, likely after the 1928 Hurricane and flooding of Lake Okeechobee.

  Tags Automobiles, Coffins, Disasters, Hurricane damage
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  Caskets at Belle Glade, c. 1928

  Large stack of caskets in the Belle Glade area. The caskets may be placed here due to the 1928 Hurricane and the subsequent flooding of Lake Okeechobee which resulted in around 2,500 or more casualties in the areas around the lake.

  Tags Coffins, Disasters, Hurricane damage