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[Funeral of Chief Justice Edward Douglass White. Casket being carried from building, 1717 Rhode Island Ave., N.W., Wash., D.C.] – Antique Photo Print

[Funeral of Chief Justice Edward Douglass White. Casket being carried from building, 1717 Rhode Island Ave., N.W., Wash., D.C.], [1921] — historic photograph
[Funeral of Chief Justice Edward Douglass White. Casket being carried from building, 1717 Rhode Island Ave., N.W., Wash., D.C.], [1921]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with [Funeral of Chief Justice Edward Douglass White. Casket being carried from building, 1717 Rhode Island Ave., N.W., Wash., D.C.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Funeral of Chief Justice Edward Douglass White. Casket being carried from building, 1717 Rhode Island Ave., N.W., Wash., D.C.]

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The picture shows pallbearers carrying the casket of Chief Justice Edward Douglass White from the building at 1717 Rhode Island Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. White, a Louisiana native who had served in the Confederate army as a young man, died in May 1921 after eleven years as chief justice. He had been an associate justice before President William Howard Taft elevated him to the center chair in 1910. His death opened the seat that Taft himself went on to fill, making the procession a moment of transition for the Court.

Created / published[1921]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920-1930.
SubjectsWhite, Edward Douglass,--1845-1921--Death & burial--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,169 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-165660

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