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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 24. A fan on a glass table with funeral home director Isaiah Owens' picture and the slogan "Where beauty softens your grief" and "Leading funeral service into the 21st century" on March 24, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA. This fan is distributed to family and friends of the deceased during the viewing and the funeral service in the chapel of the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - November 7. Funeral home director Isaiah Owens places the casket of Doreen Guyton in the hearse after a funeral service at the Owens Funeral Home on November 7, 2007 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - April 21. A detail of the shoes of Mr Parks, funeral home director Isaiah Owens' cousin, who lays in his casket at the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home on April 21, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - April 21. The corpse of Mr Parks, funeral home director Isaiah Owens ' cousin, lays in his casket with his hand in the pocket at the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home on April 21, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA. it is part of Isaiah Owens' style to shape the bodies as they appeared when they were alive.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 24. The deceased woman Bernice McCants, 72, lays down on a stretcher in the chapel of the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home before being placed in her casket on March 24, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA. Next to her, on the left, are some tools used by the funeral home director Isaiah Owens for the preparation of the body. These include make-up, needles, liquid tissue (botox), and oil (for the face).
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 29. The "toolbox" of funeral home director Isaiah Owens is in the basement of the funeral home, where the embalming process takes place, on March 29, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA. His tools include wigs, needles, liquid tissue (botox), oil (for the face), newspaper and make-up.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 20. Funeral home director Isaiah Owens  applies some nail polish to the deceased  Bernice McCants, 72 years old, who died on March 15th 2008 and lays down here in her casket in the chapel of the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home before the viewing on March 20, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 29. Isaiah Owens exits the morgue of Mount Sinai hospital for a "removal on March 29, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.  A removal consists in picking up a body at the morgue of the hospital and bring it to the funeral home. Owens Funeral Home.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 29. Funeral home director closes the door of the morgue drawer after he took out the corpse at the Mount Sinai Hospital on March 29, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA. This kind of procedure is called "removal". A removal consists in picking up a body at the morgue and bring it to the funeral home.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 29. Funeral home director closes the door of the morgue drawer after he took out the corpse at the Mount Sinai Hospital on March 29, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA. This kind of procedure is called "removal". A removal consists in picking up a body at the morgue and bring it to the funeral home.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - April 2. Funeral home director Isaiah Owens and his limousine driver bring the casket of Jacqueline Gould, 45, outside the Healing From Heaven Temple Church, where the funeral service took place on April 2, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA. Jacqueline Gould was an administrator at the Harlem Hospital.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - November 8. A elderly woman celebrates the funeral of her relative in the chapel of the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home on November 8, 2007 in Harlem, New York, USA. In the African American culture a funeral is often defined as a home going celebration. It is believed that the deceased goes "back home", in a place of peace, rest and joy.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - February 23. Funeral home director Isaiah Owens waits for the end of the funeral service of Jeanette Marie Mayfield (sunrise Nov. 8 1965, sunset Feb. 18 2008) outside the Shiloh Baptist Church on February 23, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - November 1. Funeral home director Isaiah Owens fills up a needle of liquid tissue (botox) to inject into the face of the deceased, who is laying in the casket behind him on November 1, 2007 in Harlem, New York, USA. This procedure allows Isaiah Owens to model the face and bring it back to the shape it had when the person was alive.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - November 1. Funeral home director Isaiah Owens gives a last touch to the hair of a deceased woman on November 1, 2007 in Harlem, New York, USA. The hairdressing and make-up process takes place just before the viewing in the chapel.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - November 7. Funeral home director Isaiah Owens pulls with one hand a strand of hair of the deceased woman while grabbing for a hot curler with the other on November 7, 2007 in Harlem, New York, USA. The hairdressing and make-up process takes place just before the viewing in the chapel.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - April 14. Funeral home director Isaiah Owens grabs a rose that is passed to him by his assistant and that he will place on the casket before the burial on April 14, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 20. A picture of the deceased Bernice McCants, 72 years old, is here in her casket on March 20, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA. Funeral home director Isaiah Owens always uses a picture of the deceased in order to fully respect the appearance they had while still alive.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - November 1.  Funeral home director Isaiah Owens bruses the hair of a deceased young woman in her casket on November 1, 2007 in Harlem, New York, USA. He always uses a picture of the deceased in order to fully respect the appearance they had while still alive.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - April 18. A detail of the hands of the deceased Ka Shaun Lambert, 17, who died of cancer in Alabama and was shipped back home to New York for the funeral, on April 18, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA. He lays down here in his casket in the chapel of the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - April 18. The deceased Ka Shaun Lambert, 17, who died of cancer in Alabama and was shipped back home to New York for the funeral, lays down here in his casket in the chapel of the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home on April 18, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - April 18.  A staff worker of the Isaiah Owen Funeral Home prepares the white suit for the body of Ka Shaun Lambert, 17, who died of cancer in Alabama and was shipped back home to New York for the funeral, on April 18, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA. After the corpse is dressed, it will be placed in its casket for the make-up process.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 29.  A corpse is taken out of the morgue drawer of the Mount Sinai Hospital and is ready to being brought to the funeral home on March 29, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA. This kind of procedure is called "removal". A removal consists in picking up a body at the morgue and bring it to the funeral home.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 29.  A corpse is taken out of the morgue drawer of the Mount Sinai Hospital and is ready to being brought to the funeral home on March 29, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA. This kind of procedure is called "removal". A removal consists in picking up a body at the morgue and bring it to the funeral home.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 29. Two bodies are here in the basement of the Isaiah Owens funeral home, where the embalming takes place, on March 29, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA. One of the bodies, on the left, is still in the box in which it was shipped. Corpses are often shipped in order to have the funeral take place in the place the deceased wanted to.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - April 21. A detail of the jewelry of the deceased Mary Alice Parks, 79, as she lays down in her casket in the chapel of the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home on April 21, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - May 2. A detail of the dress of the deceased woman Bernice Moore as she lays down in her casket at the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home on May 2, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 20. A detail of the hand and dress of Bernice McCants, 72 years old, who died on March 15th 2008 and ays down here in her casket in the chapel of the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home before the viewing on March 20, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 20. The feet of Bernice McCants, 72, as she lays down in her casket before the viewing in the chapel of the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home on March 20, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - February 29. Staff worker and Isaiah Owens (left) give the corpse of Andree Monique Taylor Orridge a final touch before the viewing that will take place in the chapel of the funeral home on February 29, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - November 1. The body of African-American man lays down on a morgue table in the basement of the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home after its embalmment on November 1, 2007 in Harlem, New York, USA. The next step of the process is the dressing and the make-up of the body once it is placed in its casket.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - April 21. Eleanor Kennedy, a staff member of the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home, watches the corpse of Isaiah Owens' cousin, Mr Parks, as she steps out of the office on April 21, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - May 2. A detail of the hands of the deceased Bernice Moore as she lays down in her casket at the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home on May 2, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 20. A detail of the coiffure and make-up of Bernice McCants, 72 years old, who died on March 15th 2008 and lays down here in her casket in the chapel of the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home before the viewing on March 20, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 24.  A board at the entrance of the Isaiah Owens Funeral Home shows the names of the deceased  that are ready for viewing and service, and those that are not on March 24, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - April 14. A woman peeks through the door window inside the church during a funeral service on April 14, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Hartsdale, New York, USA - March 20. Ebeony Harris-Byrd places a rose on the casket of her aunt Bernice McCants, 72 years old, before the burial at the cemetery on March 20, 2008 in Hartsdale, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - November 7. A young girl observes the casket of her relative Doreen Guyton, which is placed the hearse ready to leave for the cemetery on November 7, 2007 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - April 14. After the burial, family and friends leave the cemetery on April 14, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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  • Hartsdale, New York, USA - March 20. The hearse carrying the casket of the deceased Bernice McCants, 72 years old, arrives at the Hartsdale cemetery for the burial on March 20, 2008 in Hartsdale, New York, USA.
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  • Harlem, New York, USA - March 20. The plate of the deceased Bernice McCants, 72 years old, is here in her casket on March 20, 2008 in Harlem, New York, USA.
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