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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Kuhm, Herbert W. |
| Title, Analytic | When Black Crepe Hung on Milwaukee Doors |
| Journal Title | Milwaukee History |
| Date of Publication | 1980 |
| Volume ID | 3 |
| Issue ID | 4 |
| Location in Work | 112-116 |
| Abstract | The author offers a brief recollection of the treatment of death in his German family and community in turn-of-the-century Milwaukee. He details the customs involving funeral services, the hearse, and the practice of hanging crepe on a house's door to indicate a resident had died. |
| Call Number | MKI P84-120 |
| MKI Terms | Milwaukee (Wis.)/ Culture/ Social life and customs/ German Americans -- Wisconsin |