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

B&W, my true love. Great photo

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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.

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Republican politician, ambassador to France and later UK, where he died--see Wikipedia article: "After his death (15 December 1912) whilst serving as the ambassador to Britain, his body was returned to New York aboard HMS Natal."

December 21, 1912 See NYT article [December 22, 1912] query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A06E0DF163FE633A... This was in London, the procession was from Dorchester House, Park Lane (Reid's London residence as ambassador) to Victoria Station, from where a special train went to the docks at Portsmouth.

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According to the report in The Times (of London) the coffin was carried on a gun carriage with an escort of Scots Guards at a slow march.

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Wow, fascinating to see St. John the Divine so early in its construction!

St. John the Divine in the 21st Century: www.geocities.com/SaveTheCathedral/the-ancillary-building... Quite a change!!

January 4, 1913 See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2515741495/

The Cathedral looks oddly modern in its unfinished state. Too bad they didn't stop there.

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