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Title:
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Rockwell Funeral Procession, May 27, 1916. |
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Type of Resource:
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still image |
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Genre:
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Photograph |
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Issuance:
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multipart monograph |
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Date Created:
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1971-05-27 |
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Publisher:
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West Florida History Center, UWF Libraries, digitized from materials loaned by the National Naval Aviation Museum |
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Place of Publication:
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Pensacola, Florida |
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Extent:
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2 photographs, front and back |
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Language(s):
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Eng |
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Summary:
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Photos taken May 27, 1916 during the funeral of US Navy Civil Engineer LCDR James Vincent Rockwell who was killed in an aircraft crash on May 24, 1916. In the first photo, the procession is marching west on Garden street into the intersection with Palafox as can be seen in the bottom left photo where the street sign is present. The second photo shows the procession in front of the Isis theater on Garden Street. A horse drawn caisson can be seen in the center of the photo in front of the officer's column. Street car tracks are also visible in both photos with a street car visible clearly visible in the bottom of the second photo. The crowd of onlookers is made up of at least white and black citizens. Various modes of transportation are also visible in the side streets such as cars, horses and carts, and bicycles. |
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Identifier:
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uwfnam_NAS_1916-1917_may271916_rockwellfuneralprocession (IID) |
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Note(s):
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A Project of the Gulf Coast Maritime Digital Portal Project |
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Subject(s):
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Pensacola -- Architecture -- Aviation History -- Naval History -- Military History -- Gulf Coast -- Pensacola, Florida -- Early 20th Century |
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Held by:
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University of West Florida |
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Held by:
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National Naval Aviation Museum |
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Persistent Link to This Record:
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http://purl.flvc.org/uwf/fd/uwfnam_NAS_1916-1917_may271916_rockwellfuneralprocession |
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Use and Reproduction:
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ |
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Host Institution:
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UWF |
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