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KMYR The Public Affair: "The Funeral Business and the F.T.C."

Collection (born 1947 Casper, Wyoming)
DateNovember 1975
Medium7-inch audio reel; quarter-inch tape
Dimensions7 × 7 × 1/4 in. (17.8 × 17.8 × 0.6 cm)
ClassificationsAudio, Film, & Video
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Zane Blaney
Object numberPA2019.068.043
DescriptionThis is a five-part report by Larry Barker on the cost and complications involved in mortuaries and the investigations of the Federal Trade Commission (F.T.C.) into alleged abuses by these businesses. Includes promo.

Keywords and topics: funerals, mortuaries, Federal Trade Commission (F.T.C.), funeral director, cremation, burial, costs, Strong-Thorne Mortuary, French Mortuary, Fitzgerald & Son Funeral Directors, Ed Fitzgerald, National Funeral Directors Association, caskets, Bob Stewart, Barie Fritz

This program aired November 12-14, 1975 on KMYR in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The total runtime is 00:30:07. Transcript available.
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Construction of Stong-Thorne Mortuary
Hanna & Hanna
November 1937