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Mine Disaster Morgue

Date: 11 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of funeral and tent/morgue from the Cherry Mine disaster. Caption reads: "#37 Cherry Mine Horror Showing Morgue Dunham Photo Princeto...
Photograph

Abraham Lincoln's Funeral Procession at Chicago City Hall

Date: 05 01 1865
Description: Albumen print of an elevated view of the funeral procession of Abraham Lincoln entering Chicago's City Hall. The building is decorated with mourning ribbon...
Photograph

Globe Tavern during Lincoln's Funeral

Date: 05 1865
Description: Albumen print of the Globe Tavern during Abraham Lincoln's funeral. The tavern was the early home of the Lincoln family. A group of dignitaries are standi...
Photograph

Crowd around Public Receiving Tomb

Date: 05 1895
Description: Albumen print of spectators standing and seated around the public receiving tomb in Oakridge Cemetery where Abraham Lincoln's body was placed after his fun...
Photograph

Funeral Party around Casket

Date: 1870
Description: A funeral party is assembled around a casket in front of an upright-and-wing frame house. Two older men on the left, one identified as Lars D. Reque, stan...
Photograph

Automobiles in Parking Lot for Chief Kahquados Ceremony

Date: 05 29 1931
Description: A large numbers of cars are shown parked at Peninsula State Park during the reburial ceremony for Potawatomi Chief Simon Onanguisse Kahquados. A crowd of p...
Photograph

Funeral Procession on Main Street

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Description: Crowd of men dressed alike parading down the board sidewalk of Main Street, between First and Second Street. A hearse is on the street. Probably a Masonic ...
Photograph

Crowd at McCarthy Funeral

Date: 05 07 1957
Description: Crowd of mourners at the funeral of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy outside St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church.
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Mourners at McCarthy Grave Site

Date: 05 07 1957
Description: Mourners surround the casket of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy at his funeral at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery.
Photograph

Procession at McCarthy Funeral

Date: 05 07 1957
Description: Procession of Catholic clergy at the funeral of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy. In Wisconsin, and elsewhere in the nation, the Catholic Church was among McCart...
Photograph

Procession at McCarthy Funeral

Date: 05 1957
Description: The crowd gathered outside St. Mary's Catholic Church for the funeral of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy watches as the procession to the cemetery begins.
Photograph

Joseph R. McCarthy Memorial

Date: 05 02 1959
Description: Dedication of the Joseph R. McCarthy Memorial in the Outagamie Counthouse on the second anniversary of the senator's death. Directly in front of the bust ...
Photograph

Lucille Ballweg Funeral

Date: 08 02 1948
Description: Elevated view of scene in sanctuary of St. Martin's Catholic Church, during the funeral for Lucille Ballweg, who was the victim of a tornado.
Photograph

Lucille Ballweg Funeral

Date: 08 02 1948
Description: Scene in the cemetery near Martinsville during the internment of Lucille Ballweg, victim of a tornado.
Photograph

Funerals of Glenn Frank, Sr. and Jr.

Date: 09 18 1940
Description: Elevated view of the crowd in the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda during the funerals for University of Wisconsin president Glenn Frank and his son Glenn, ...
Photograph

Crowd Outside the State Capitol at the Funeral for Glenn Frank Sr. and Jr.

Date: 09 18 1940
Description: Elevated view of the overflow crowd standing outside the Wisconsin State Capitol during the funerals for University of Wisconsin president Glenn Frank and ...
Photograph

Remains of President Lincoln at Monument Square and Pavilion

Date: 1865
Description: The remains of President Lincoln lying in state in Monument Square and Pavilion. Lincoln's body was on its way from Washington, D.C. to Springfield, Illino...
Book or Pamphlet

Dedication Ceremony for the National Cemetery at Gettysburg

Date: 12 05 1863
Description: Engraving of the dedication ceremony for the Soldiers' National Cemetery, November 19,1863, that appeared in "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper." It was...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Crowd on Bascom Hill at Lincoln Monument

Date: 11 26 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "Even the statue of Abraham Lincoln on the University of Wisconsin campus seemed more somber 11/25 than...
Photograph

Vietnamese Funeral

Date: 05 1962
Description: Funeral at Binh Hung, Vietnam for several members of the Vietnamese Sea Swallows battallion who were killed in combat against Viet Cong forces on May 29. U...

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