jamesrenwick

Dated twice 10/14/14

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The bomb exploded on Oct 13, 1914. A story about the bombing (an anarchist provocation) is in The Washington herald., October 15, 1914, Page 2, Image 2 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1914-10-15/ed-... books.google.com/books?id=lm0SCspDOjQC&pg=PA100&l... describes the spate of anarchist bombings around the same time.

Retired at last and swanq: Thanks for the information regarding both the date of this photograph and further context for the event. We will add more detail to the description when we update.

I found it interesting that there was no other info about who this was other than "Sickles," so a quick Internet search found the following: (from Wikipedia) (Daniel) Sickles lived out the remainder of his life in New York City, dying on May 3, 1914. His funeral was held at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan on May 8, 1914. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Daniel Edgar Sickles (October 20, 1819 – May 3, 1914) was a colorful and controversial American politician, Union general in the American Civil War, and diplomat. As an antebellum New York politician, Sickles was involved in a number of public scandals, most notably the killing of his wife's lover, Philip Barton Key II, son of Francis Scott Key. He was acquitted with the first use of temporary insanity as a legal defense in U.S. history. He became one of the most prominent political generals of the Civil War. At the Battle of Gettysburg, he insubordinately moved his III Corps to a position in which it was virtually destroyed, an action that continues to generate controversy. His combat career ended at Gettysburg when his leg was struck by cannon fire.

The man leading the procession (carrying Gen. Sickles' hat and saber) looks familiar, maybe from earlier Bain photos. My best guess is Elihu Root, then a senator from New York. Anyone else??

Other Bain/LOC photos of the New York City funeral of General Dan Sickles:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Sickles

I think the definition for "scoundrel" should say: "see Daniel Sickles"! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Sickles

Wow, great to see it before it was surrounded by scrapers...

This is a great image! Here is a shot I took of it this month from a similar angle:

Great shot. It looks as though it was taken from some height up about four floors judging by the building on the left. The Cathedral looks smaller, too.

First building I visited in NYC 90 years later!

great shot!