- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Title:
- Public funeral for former Boston mayor and governor of Massachusetts James Michael Curley. People view his body at the Massachusetts State House.<p>Curley died on November 12, 1958. His funeral was held on November 15, 1958, and was the largest funeral in the history of the City of Boston. Over one million people visited The Hall of Flags at the Massachusetts State House where Curley's body was displayed.</p>
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1958-11-12
- Subject:
- Wake services
- People:
- Curley, James Michael, 1874-1958--Death and burial
- Location:
- United States, Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Boston, 42.35843, -71.05977
- Medium:
- moving images
news
unedited footage - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Public funeral for former Boston mayor and governor of Massachusetts James Michael Curley. People view his body at the Massachusetts State House.Curley died on November 12, 1958. His funeral was held on November 15, 1958, and was the largest funeral in the history of the City of Boston. Over one million people visited The Hall of Flags at the Massachusetts State House where Curley's body was displayed.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Supporting information was taken from the following source: Burke, Gerald F. "James Michael Curley: A Lasting Hurrah." Jamaica Plain Historical Society. Web. 7 May 2014. Reprinted from Jamaica Plain Bulletin, Nov. 2006. - Local Identifier:
- Clip number: wsbn35999
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/news/id:wsbn35999
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/news/id:wsbn35999
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ugabma_wsbn_wsbn35999/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: wsbn35999, Public funeral for former Boston mayor and governor of Massachusetts James Michael Curley. People view his body at the Massachusetts State House.<p>Curley died on November 12, 1958. His funeral was held on November 15, 1958, and was the largest funeral in the history of the City of Boston. Over one million people visited The Hall of Flags at the Massachusetts State House where Curley's body was displayed.</p>, WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 0796, 11:14/11:47, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 clip (about 33 secs.): black-and-white, silent ; 16 mm.
- Original Collection:
- Original found in the WSB-TV newsfilm collection.
- Holding Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
- Rights:
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