Custom-made coffin lid with Star Trek logo and Baha'i star

One of 418 items in the series: COVID-19 Response available on this site.

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Photograph of a custom-made wooden casket lid with a wood-burned image of a Star Trek logo over a Baha'i nine-pointed star. The Star Trek logo is a curved shape with one point at the top and two points at the bottom. A five pointed star is included in the middle of the curved shape.

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1 photograph : col. 1245 x 2526

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Hess, Caroline December 4, 2020.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: University Memory Collection and was provided by the UNT Libraries Special Collections to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 109 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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  • Main Title: Custom-made coffin lid with Star Trek logo and Baha'i star
  • Series Title: COVID-19 Response

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Photograph of a custom-made wooden casket lid with a wood-burned image of a Star Trek logo over a Baha'i nine-pointed star. The Star Trek logo is a curved shape with one point at the top and two points at the bottom. A five pointed star is included in the middle of the curved shape.

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1 photograph : col. 1245 x 2526

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Description from donor: "Coffin lid." / Series description from donor: "A very dear friend contracted COVID-19 and he is a Polio Survivor. We did not expect him to live. A promise we made him many years ago was a custom casket. He is a Baha'i which is what the nine pointed star is from and a devout Trekkie, so he had to be given the Covid Red shirt treatment. Funny thing is he survived and now the coffin sits in storage happily."

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  • Preferred Citation: University Memory Collection (AR0892), University of North Texas Special Collections

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  • July 1, 2021

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  • December 4, 2020

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  • July 29, 2021, 5:31 p.m.

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Hess, Caroline. Custom-made coffin lid with Star Trek logo and Baha'i star, photograph, December 4, 2020; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1828208/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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