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Sullivan Funeral (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    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."
  • swanq said:
    The church is still there. Google street view finds it and picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/tYn4A1SQ50AjIhdl9hPypw is a 2008 picture.
  • Art Siegel said:
    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-...
  • Richard Norton said:
    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...

Sickles coffin carried from Cathedral (LOC)

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  • Manatee County Public Library System said:
    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.
  • aware health said:
    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??
  • Wystan said:
    Other Bain/LOC photos of the New York City funeral of General Dan Sickles:
  • Richard Norton said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Sickles
  • lyrical trade said:
    I think the definition for "scoundrel" should say: "see Daniel Sickles"! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Sickles

J.W. Gates Funeral, N.Y. City (LOC)

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