Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996
Date Created and/or Issued
1905
Publication Information
California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Caption: "The Bennington Funeral." Shows several wagons loaded with caskets covered with American flags. This was the funeral procession for the victims of the USS Bennington's boiler explosion, which killed 66 of her crew on July 21, 1905. Solemn citizens line the roadway.
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