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Presumably en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Purroy_Mitchel

See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/28172963665/

The NYT, July 14, 1918 published a similar photo with the caption: "THE BODY OF MAJOR MITCHEL LYING IN STATE IN THE ROTUNDA OF THE CITY HALL" lcweb2.loc.gov/service/sgp/sgpnyt/1918/191807/19180714/00...

Thanks for the additional information, B-59.

Funeral for Whitelaw Reid. Looks like they're outside the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

B&W, my true love. Great photo

captainslack: In this case, the details of the photograph have been included in the above record in the Notes area, and the original title left intact. You'll see by reading the Notes that your conclusions were correct!

This photo caught my eye because it showed me how customs were back then and how funerals were held. Today we do the same thing, but in this day in age a lot of it seems pretentious. In this photo I see tradition and attention to detail for this fallen man and I also see how people respected the dead.

Other Bain/LOC photos related to the death of Whitelaw Reid:

On 8 April 1943, B-25C Mitchell #41-12904, "Half Pound Mary" of the 71st Bomb Squadron of the 38th Bomb Group crashed 8 miles north east of Townsville while undergoing an overhaul at the 4th Air Depot. The following crew members were buried at the US Military Cemetery Townsville on 12 April 1943. Carlow, D.T. Atkinson, Courtney B. Neyley, Paul L. Haggerty, John J. Jnr. Peter Murray in Townsville in November 2013 commented that there is some doubt about the accuracy of the caption on the above photograph. After some collaborative research with Peter Murray, it is now confirmed that the above caption under the burial photograph is incorrect in stating that all men were members of the 2nd Service Squadron. Carlow, Atkinson, Neyley, and Haggerty, who were killed in this crash, were buried along with men from two other crashes and two men from the 91st Engineers on 12 April 1943. Source: www.ozatwar.com/ozcrashes/qld100.htm