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Title: Funeral for World War II servicemen, downtown Los Angeles
Creator: Haley, George W., 1879-1963
Date Created and/or Issued: 1947-10
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Memorial service and ceremony for six unidentified servicemen (representing the branches of military) who died in action in World War II. View of caskets with flags draped over them, being carried from hearses into the Los Angeles City Hall, with police on motorcycles in the background.
Title devised by cataloger. Date supplied by cataloger based on information from article in Los Angeles Times, Oct. 19, 1947: "Tribute Paid War Dead at City Hall Ceremony: Rotunda thronged as caskets of warriors lie in state while mayor praises heroes."
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 photograph : film negative ; sheet 6.1 x 6.3 cm
Identifier: photCL_555
487954
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/17587
Subject: Crowds
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Military parades & ceremonies
Municipal buildings
Soldiers
World War, 1939-1945
Photographs. (aat)
Place: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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