A photographic print depicting the jazz funeral procession of Emile Victor Clay in New Orleans, 1996.
This black-and-white image by Michael P. Smith captures mourners and the Pin Stripe Brass Band parading down a paved street, with participants jumping in the air. Clay was a chef and member of several New Orleans fraternal and benevolent associations, including Young Men Olympia, Knights of Peter Claver, and the Elks Hall. He died on February 7, 1996, at age 73, and his jazz funeral followed a mass at Holy Ghost Catholic Church on Louisiana Avenue.
- 10.21 × 11.92 in. image, 11 × 14 in. print
- Printed on Archival paper, unframed
- © The Historic New Orleans Collection
A photographic print depicting the jazz funeral procession of Emile Victor Clay in New Orleans, 1996.
This black-and-white image by Michael P. Smith captures mourners and the Pin Stripe Brass Band parading down a paved street, with participants jumping in the air. Clay was a chef and member of several New Orleans fraternal and benevolent associations, including Young Men Olympia, Knights of Peter Claver, and the Elks Hall. He died on February 7, 1996, at age 73, and his jazz funeral followed a mass at Holy Ghost Catholic Church on Louisiana Avenue.
- 10.21 × 11.92 in. image, 11 × 14 in. print
- Printed on Archival paper, unframed
- © The Historic New Orleans Collection