cortege

The cars look like mid-30's Plymouths.

Howard33 - Sir Thomas Henley died on 14 May 1935 - so the cars would be a good match. His funeral was held on 16 May 1935 at Field of Mars Cemetery preceded by a service in the Grimm Memorial Presbyterian Church, Drummoyne. The funeral is reported on page 13 of the Sydney Morning Herald - 17 May 1935: news.google.com/newspapers?id=wk0QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=95EDA... funeral&pg=7303,2784268 With regard to vehicles it states only, " Five car loads of flowers preceded the cortege."

terrific image

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Fascination Nostalgia, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Invitation / Invitación / Einladung / Invito / Convite / Uitnodiging / Приглашение /招待

The photo is beautiful

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It looks too flat to be Victoria Road in Drummoyne.

Retired at last: Thanks for catching the date of this photo. We will add it to the image description.

Agence Meurisse photo at Gallica site is another view of this funeral cortege, taken a little bit earlier. It seems Gallica either does not have all of its Meurisse photos digitized, or that LOC has some Meurisse photos in its collection that the Bibliotheque Nationale de France does not. (Bain's negative has Meurisse catalog number at upper right) caption; Enterrement de soldats anglais à Versailles gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90419017

Not "Big Tim" Sullivan's funeral again? That was in September 1913 www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/tags/bigtimsull... NYT of Sept 20, 1914 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E00E4D6123EE733A... reports on the September 19, 1914 funeral of "Jim" Sullivan, James E. Sullivan, known as the "Leader of American Athletics." The service was at St. Aloysius's Church, 132nd St. and Seventh Avenue. "The streets were lined with schoolboys practically the entire way."

The church is still there. Google street view finds it and picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/tYn4A1SQ50AjIhdl9hPypw is a 2008 picture.

Not "Little Tim's" funeral, either, another Sullivan funeral temporary conundrum. As noted by Swanq, this is James Edward Sullivan en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Edward_Sullivan . Here is the Tribune's account of the funeral pictured in this and succeeding Bain pictures, noting that Sullivan founded the Public Schools Athletic League and that 28 of the city's most prominent men served as pallbearers: chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1914-09-20/ed-...

James Edward Sullivan (November 18, 1862 – September 16, 1914) was an Irish American sports official. He was one of the founders of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) in 1888, serving as its secretary from 1889 until 1906 when he was elected as president from 1906 to 1909. He declined a fourth term and was re-elected to his former position as secretary-treasurer until his sudden death which followed an emergency operation. Sullivan also served as the chairman of the Greater New York Irish Athletic Association in 1903 and on the New York City Board of Education from 1908 to 1912. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Edward_Sullivan Between fifty and sixty thousand boys, members of the Public Schools Athletic League, an organization originated and fostered by the late James E. Sullivan, will line the route to be taken by the funeral procession when the athletic leader's body is conveyed from his home, 540 West 114th Street, tomorrow morning to the Catholic Church of St. Aloyslus, 132d Street and Seventh Avenue, where a solemn high mass of requiem will be celebrated. select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F0081EFA3D5C1373... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Aloysius_Gonzaga%27s_Church_(Ne...